Rareripe

Today’s Best Word Ever is rareripe: an early ripening fruit or vegetable, green onion.

A curious noun, from English dialect, rare ”early” + English ripe. First Known Use: 1722.

Ah, the spring fields are filled with a feast for hungry young rabbits: 
dandelion greens, rareripes, and tiny wild strawberries.
The human nibbler may prefer rareripe garlic shoots

 

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