climacteric
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The ethylene producers I mention above are climacteric, as are stone fruit, pears, kiwi and mangoes.
From Washington Post • May 31, 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
At Mr. Darrow's feet the audience lays its climacteric offering of magnanimity.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he was right in fixing his climacteric at sixteen he might well have been dead.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
