Not as green, perhaps
Else clues• Closer to fruition
• Closer to its prime
• Closer to maturity
• Less firm, maybe
• Less green
• Less green, as a fruit
• Less green, perhaps
• Like red peppers, vis-
• More advanced, in a way
• More aged
• More aged, as cheese
• More apt to be picked
• More auspicious
• More developed
• More edible, as a fruit
• More fleshy, perhaps
• More fully developed
• More mature
• More mature, as a melon
• More mellow
• More ready
• More ready for plucking
• More ready to be picked
• More ready to pick
• More red, as a tomato
• More red, maybe
• More suitable
• More suitable for eating, perhaps
• Not as green
• Not as immature
• Readier to pick
• Readier to serve
• Redder, as a tomato
• Redder, perhaps
• Relatively ready
• Softer, as a banana
• Yellower, as a banana