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 world and its war shuddered last week in the pangs of a climacteric.

From Time Magazine Archive

The so-called climacteric periods of life do not seem to have any influence on the longevity of either sex.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)