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

Once again his hero is the middle-aged man of intelligence and high attainment who is facing his psychological climacteric.

From Time Magazine Archive

It ceases between forty-five and fifty years of age, and this is called the menopause or climacteric period, commonly spoken of as “the change of life.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various