climacteric
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Tomatoes are climacteric, meaning they will continue to ripen after they are picked.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
These are called climacteric, and will respond to the presence of ethylene by producing more ethylene.
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
Once again his hero is the middle-aged man of intelligence and high attainment who is facing his psychological climacteric.
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 Elizabeth Miller
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