Definitions for seresɪər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
seresɪər(adj.)
dry; withered.
Origin of sere:
bef. 900; OE sēar, c. MLG sōr
seresɪər(n.)
a stage in an ecological succession of plant communities.
Category: Ecology
Origin of sere:
1915–20; extracted from series , or < L serere to join in a series
Princeton's WordNet
dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered(adj)
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
Wiktionary
sere(Noun)
An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
sere(Adjective)
Without moisture.
1867 CE: Henry Lonsdale, The worthies of Cumberland
Origin: From seer, from sear.
Webster Dictionary
Sere(adj)
[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
Sere(adj)
dry; withered. Same as Sear
Sere(noun)
claw; talon
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