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
He neglected to state that middle-aged men frequently suffer the miseries of the male climacteric.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As a rule, the disorder begins at the completion of puberty, although it occasionally occurs at the onset of the climacteric.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
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