скороспе́лка

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1.
early-ripening variety, early fruit, early vegetableagriculture
Э́та скороспе́лка даёт урожа́й уже́ в ию́ле.
This early variety yields a crop as soon as July.
Often of potatoes, tomatoes, apples and similar crops.
2.
(rare) rush job, hasty piece of work, quick-and-dirty effort
Его но́вая кни́га — типи́чная скороспе́лка.
His new book is a typical rush job.
Colloquial and disapproving.
3.
(rare) precocious child, early developer
Она́ настоя́щая скороспе́лка: в пять лет чита́ла то́лстые кни́ги.
She is a real early developer: at five she was reading thick books.
Colloquial, of a person; also of someone who succeeds very young.

Examples

Эта скороспелка даёт огурцы уже в июне.
This early variety produces cucumbers as early as June.
Его проект — типичная скороспелка, сделан за одну ночь.
His project is a typical rushed job, put together in a single night.
Мы посадили скороспелку, чтобы собрать урожай раньше.
We planted an early variety so that we could harvest the crop sooner.