Of fruit: ripe; soft, sweet, and juicy with ripeness. Also figurative.

= mellow, adj. (in various senses).

That has a choking tendency.

Of persons or animals. Of a fruit: Full of pulp, large and succulent.

Apt to choke one who tries to swallow it; harsh, dry, and gritty. Said of fruit, and transferred.

Originally: (of wine) having a distinctively strong taste or odour; piquant, pungent, or flavourful (see race, n.6 8). Later also in extended use…

spec. Of fruit or vegetables, esp. cooked potatoes: dry and powdery. Cf. waxy, adj.1 3a.

Of fruit, etc.: Having a soft or pulpy consistency; lacking in firmness.

Of a fruit: having a russet skin. Usually attributive.