sere
adjective
[ sɪə ]
• (especially of vegetation) dry or withered.
• "small green vineyards encircled by vast sear fields"
Origin:
Old English sēar : see sear.
sere
noun
• a natural succession of plant (or animal) communities, especially a full series from uncolonized habitat to the appropriate climax vegetation.
Origin:
early 20th century: from Latin serere ‘join in a series’.
sear
adjective
• variant spelling of sere1.
Origin:
Old English sēar (adjective), sēarian (verb), of Germanic origin.
