full-grown

Done with development

Full-grown describes a living thing that has reached its complete adult size and development: a full-grown elephant, full-grown tomato plants.

The term applies mainly to animals and plants rather than people, where *adult* or *grown* is more natural.

Something full-grown has finished the growth process entirely.

adult

mature

Fully grown or developed

middle-aged · experienced · settled · established · self-sufficient · autonomous · developed · seasoned · worldly · accomplished

botanical

ripe

Ready to eat

flowering · seeded · vine-ripened · orchard · picking · yield · crop · cultivated · germinated · sprouted

biological

mature

Fully grown or developed

organism · lifespan · puberty

animal

adult

Mature person, legally responsible

  • matureFully grown or developed
  • breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
  • weanedWithdrawn from dependence

fledged · trained · domesticated · livestock · herd · stallion · bull · ram · boar · hen

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developmental maturity

full-grownimmature

Not fully developed

juvenile · undeveloped · infant · young · underdeveloped

size/physical extent

full-grownsmall

Limited in size

tiny · little · undersized · stunted · miniature

Family

grow, full, growth, growing, grown, grew, fullness, grower, overgrown

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