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

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