overmature

English

Etymology

over- +‎ mature

Adjective

overmature (comparative more overmature, superlative most overmature)

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