verb
to undergo a period of ripening or maturation after being harvested or picked
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The seeds need to undergo a period of afterripening before they can germinate.
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I learned that afterripening is necessary for the seeds to sprout.
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Yo, did you know these seeds gotta chill out and afterripen before they can grow?
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Just like how ideas need time to afterripen before they can fully develop.