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
In climacteric fruit, starch continues to be turned into sugar, improving texture and flavor, according to the Michigan State University Extension, which offers extremely helpful charts on all these categories.
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
Apparently up to the climacteric point he has done nothing but shake his head like a lazy, shaggy lion, tossing the blows from him.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the climacteric hour of my life.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
