climacteric

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Tomatoes are climacteric, meaning they will continue to ripen after they are picked.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022

The ethylene producers I mention above are climacteric, as are stone fruit, pears, kiwi and mangoes.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

“The climacteric marks the end of apologising. The chrysalis of conditioning has once and for all to break and the female woman finally to emerge.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2018

Should their fears be realized, a climacteric change would have taken place in the pattern of contemporary history.

From Time Magazine Archive

To find him now a guest entertained under the roof he had striven to injure, brought the Essene's temper up to a climacteric point.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth