Sentence examples for until ripe from inspiring English sources

Cranesbill refers to the dispersal mechanism for the seed, which forms the bill and the projectile to the seeds that sit waiting until ripe.

On our arrival we were whisked into Sunday brunch -- on the seaside dining terrace the staff was serving dozens of exotic items, like star-apple salad and ackee and saltfish (dried salted cod folded into fried ackee, a fruit that is poisonous until ripe; the result tastes like the most savory scrambled eggs imaginable).

Yet they all grow easily in this country: trees happy to plant their gnarled roots in our moist soil and brace their boughs against the wind and rain until ripe fruit with just the right balance of acidity falls heavily to the ground below.

At home, store the fruit at room temperature until ripe (don't refrigerate them, as it will affect their flavor) and then use them within a couple of days.

We examined SUN expression in the developing fruits of the LA1589 NILs starting from anthesis-stage ovaries until ripe fruit.

The continuing false assumption by many patients and physicians that a cataract should not be extracted until "ripe" is depriving many people of an enhanced quality of life.

Nana lived until the ripe old age of 94 and was active almost until the very end.

"To summarize, want to live until a ripe old age?

"There's no doubt he was instrumental in her survival until the ripe old age" of almost 105, Mr. Schwab said.

And there's the potential for longevity, with Mary looking healthy enough to keep cavorting at least until the ripe old age of 45.

Indeed, the government uses these shortcuts all the time: federal law requires that airline pilots retire by age 65, despite the fact that there are almost certainly some pilots who could continue flying until the ripe age of 70.