climacteric

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Tomatoes are climacteric, meaning they will continue to ripen after they are picked.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 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

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.