meaning of sere
1. Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
2. Claw; talon.
3. [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.
4. 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
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Related Words
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