overmature

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adjective

Excessively mature.

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Meanings

adjectiveovermature (comparative more overmature, superlative most overmature)

comparative more overmature · superlative most overmature

  1. Excessively mature.

    Large logs from overmature trees may not be easy to sell in a market dominated by small-log mills.

    1998, California Forest Pest Council. Meeting, Stephen M. Jones, Jesse E. Rios, Forest health, hazard trees and other legal issues of mature and overmature forests: proceedings of the 47th annual meeting, page 32

Origin

From over- + mature.

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APA

overmature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmature

MLA

“overmature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overmature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmature.

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