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
Apparently up to the climacteric point he has done nothing but shake his head like a lazy, shaggy lion, tossing the blows from him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had I been able, in the subsequent composition, to construct more vigorous stanzas, I should, without scruple, have purposely enfeebled them, so as not to interfere with the climacteric effect.
From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous
