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
At Mr. Darrow's feet the audience lays its climacteric offering of magnanimity.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Caesar he, ere long, to Gaul, To Italy an Hannibal, And to all States not free Shall climacteric be.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
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