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
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
Climacter′ical.—The grand climacteric, the sixty-third year, supposed to be a critical period for men.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
