SERE
WordNet
adjective
(1) (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"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Without moisture.
- 1867 CE: Henry Lonsdale, The worthies of Cumberland
- [T]he recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.
- 1867 CE: Henry Lonsdale, The worthies of Cumberland
Noun
- An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.