Sere -- Ann

Sere

sere 1 also sear (sîr) adj. Withered; dry: sere vegetation at the edge of the desert. [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. [From series.]

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Though Ann and I love to visit the sere and sunny desert during Seattle's rainy season, we are at home in our moister and more verdant clime.