drydown

Etymology
and.

Noun

 * 1) The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
 * 2)  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) A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.