ADJECTIVE: "being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development" Crossword Clue

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ADJECTIVE: "being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
2. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
(noun)
1. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
2. United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GROWTH (noun)
1. the gradual beginning or coming forth
2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
DEVELOPMENT (noun)
1. processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
2. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

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