antiripening

adj

Etymology

From anti- + ripening.

Definitions

  1. Preventing ripening.

    • This antiripening agent that keeps apples hard long enough to survive long-distance travel was denounced for its alleged carcinogenic effects.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antiripening. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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