maturity (noun)
101fiber — noun Etymology: Middle French fibre, from Latin fibra Date: 1540 1. a thread or a structure or object resembling a thread: as a. (1) a slender root (as of a grass) (2) an elongated tapering thick walled plant cell void at maturity that imparts… …
102green pepper — noun Date: 1700 a sweet pepper before it turns red at maturity …
103lad — noun Etymology: Middle English ladde Date: 14th century 1. a male person of any age between early boyhood and maturity ; boy, youth 2. fellow, chap …
104life-form — noun Date: 1861 the body form that characterizes a kind of organism (as a species) at maturity; also a kind of organism …
105loment — noun Etymology: New Latin lomentum, from Latin, wash made from bean meal, from lavere to wash more at lye Date: circa 1830 a dry indehiscent fruit (as of tick trefoil) that is a modified legume having constrictions between the seeds and that… …
106matron — noun Etymology: Middle English matrone, from Anglo French, from Latin matrona, from matr , mater Date: 14th century 1. a. a married woman usually marked by dignified maturity or social distinction b. a woman who supervises women or children (as… …
107neoteny — noun Etymology: New Latin neotenia, from ne + Greek teinein to stretch more at thin Date: 1901 1. retention of some larval or immature characters in adulthood 2. attainment of sexual maturity during the larval stage • neotenic adjective …
108nonage — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from non + age age Date: 15th century 1. minority 1 2. a. a period of youth b. lack of maturity …
109perfection — noun Etymology: Middle English perfeccioun, from Anglo French perfection, from Latin perfection , perfectio, from perficere Date: 13th century 1. the quality or state of being perfect: as a. freedom from fault or defect ; flawlessness b. maturity …
110schizocarp — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1870 a dry compound fruit that splits at maturity into several indehiscent one seeded carpels …
