drydown

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noun
  1. 1

    (perfumery) The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.

  2. 2

    (agriculture) The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean).

  3. 3

    A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.