ripener
Hastens fruit readiness
A ripener is something that causes ripening—typically a chemical agent used to accelerate fruit maturation: Ethylene gas is the most common commercial ripener.
The term also applies to anyone or anything that brings something to full development: Time is the great ripener of ideas.
Curved tropical fruit
- tomatoRed culinary fruit
- avocadoCreamy tropical pit fruit
- mangoSouth Asian stone fruit
- papayaTropical fruit, black seeds
peach · pear · apple · kiwifruit · nectarine · plum · persimmon · apricot
Simplest alkene, C₂H₄
- calcium carbideChemical yielding acetylene
- auxinsPlant growth hormones
- climactericCritical period of change
- postharvestAfter crops collected
Fruit tree plantation
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- pickingAct of selecting
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- yieldProduce or relinquish
reap · harvesting · gleaning · farmhand · husbandry · postharvest · storage · packing house
Process of becoming complete
- readinessState of being prepared
- peakUtmost height attained
- primeReadying for action
- softeningBecoming less firm
sweetness · aroma · color change · firmness · shelf life · green · turning · full color
banana
Curved tropical fruit
papaya · peach · pear · apple · kiwifruit · nectarine · plum · persimmon · apricot · guava
ethylene
Simplest alkene, C₂H₄
- calcium carbideChemical yielding acetylene
- auxinsPlant growth hormones
- climactericCritical period of change
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
yield · reap · harvesting · gleaning · farmhand · husbandry · postharvest · storage · packing house · cold chain
maturation
Process of becoming complete
softening · sweetness · aroma · color change · firmness · shelf life · green · turning · full color
ripenerpreservative
Agent preventing spoilage
refrigerant · desiccant · coolant · antioxidant · stabilizer
- fruit ripeningProduce reaching peak edibility
- Ostwald ripeningDissolution feeding larger crystals
- peak ripenessOptimal point of maturity
- ripening processHow fruit reaches readiness
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