Found 2 items, similar to sere.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sere 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sere Sear \Sear\, Sere \Sere\ (s[=e]r), a. [OE. seer, AS. se['a]r (assumed) fr. se['a]rian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor[=e]n to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. [,c]ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. [root]152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I have lived long enough; my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sere \Sere\, a. Dry; withered. Same as Sear. [1913 Webster] But with its sound it shook the sails That were so thin and sere. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] Sere \Sere\, n. [F. serre.] Claw; talon. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]