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The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, or Mexicanus).

An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.

dult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.

of astrology. Bacon. Some young female seems to have carried matters so far, that she is ripe for asking advice. Spectator.

To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. A tree may be maturated artificially. Fuller.

Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.

and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age Pope.

In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.

The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.

gs, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits.

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t. -- Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema. -- Milk fever. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A f…

esnakes, but are without rattles. Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).

Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.

led also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).

s fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.

Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.