sere (redirected from Seres)

sere ¹ also sear  (sîr)

adj.

Withered; dry: sere vegetation at the edge of the desert.

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[Middle English, from Old English sar.]

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sere ²  (sîr)

n.

The entire sequence of ecological communities successively occupying an area from the initial stage to the climax.

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[From series.]

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sere¹, sear [sɪə]

adj

Archaic dried up or withered

vb & n

a rare spelling of sear [1]

[Old English sēar; see sear¹]

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sere²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) the series of changes occurring in the ecological succession of a particular community

[from series]

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sere  (sîr)

The entire sequence of ecological communities successively occupying an area from the initial stage to the climax community. See more at succession.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sere - (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" dried-up, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"

Translations

sere [sɪəʳ] ADJ → seco, marchito