climacteric
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These are called climacteric, and will respond to the presence of ethylene by producing more ethylene.
From Washington Post • May 31, 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
The plot moved quickly toward a climacteric: Brad Pitt is in chains in China, his beautiful face mangled while attempting to rescue a confederate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obesity or lipomatosis is a nutritive expression of degeneracy especially noticeable in the second dentition, at puberty, and sometimes at the climacteric.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
