ripe

adjective

• (of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating.
• (of a cheese or wine) fully matured:a ripe Brie figurativeripe wisdom
• (of a smell or flavor) rich, intense, or pungent:rich, ripe flavors emanate from this wine
• (of a female fish or insect) ready to lay eggs or spawn.
• [predic.] (ripe for) arrived at the fitting stage or time for (a particular action or purpose):land ripe for development
• [predic.] (ripe with) full of:a population ripe with discontent
• [attributive] (of a person’s age) advanced:she lived to a ripe old age
• informal (of a person’s language) beyond the bounds of propriety; coarse.