Sear, Sere a. Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak.
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Sere a. Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere. --Coleridge.
Sere, n. Claw; talon. [Obs.]
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sere
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" [syn: dried-up, sear,
shriveled, shrivelled, withered]