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