ripe fruit
Orchard's sweet yield
Ripe fruit is fruit that has reached full maturity and is ready to eat.
The phrase appears in contexts about harvesting, cooking, or selecting produce: Wait until the ripe fruit falls from the tree.
Figuratively, something described as ripe fruit is an easy target or readily available opportunity: The unguarded warehouse was ripe fruit for thieves.
- juicyFull of moisture
- sweetTasting of sugar
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
- harvestGathering mature crops
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
plump · succulent · orchard · bruised · fragrant · picked · ready to eat · soft · ready · peach · fallen · nectar · overripe · sun-warmed · flesh · bursting · seasonal · tree
- strawberry farmstrawberries, berries, picking, harvest, rows
- fruitapple, apples, banana, bananas, orange
- street vendor callscome and get it, fresh fish, fresh bread, fresh flowers, fresh produce
- olivesolives, olive, olive tree, olive trees, olive grove