Definition of Overmature

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overmature

overmarketed
overmarketing
overmarkets
overmast
overmasted
overmaster
overmastered
overmastering
overmasters
overmasting
overmasts
overmatch
overmatched
overmatches
overmatching
overmature (current term)
overmaturities
overmaturity
overmeasure
overmeasures
overmeddle
overmeddled
overmeddles
overmeddling
overmedicalize
overmedicalized
overmedicalizes
overmedicalizing
overmedicate
overmedicated

Literary usage of Overmature

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in Vermont (1914)
"As an example it may be assumed that there are at least 500000 acres of waste land in Vermont, and possibly 500000 acres of overmature timber. ..."

2. New Zealand Forestry by David Ernest Hutchins (1919)
"The first consideration is the gradual working-out of the old overmature and ... Just how long it will take to cut out this old overmature timber of the ..."

3. Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands by Philippines Governor (1907)
"Most of the dominant trees are overmature and almost invariably diseased. ... The mature and overmature trees should be removed as soon as possible to ..."

4. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"... in which the main story is composed entirely of mature and overmature dip- ... the bulk of it is contained in large mature and overmature individuals, ..."

5. St. Mary's County by Maryland Geological Survey (1907)
"Improvement cuttings can be carried on in all woodlots in this county with excellent results by removing overmature trees, and by thinning out undesirable ..."

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