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The definition of a sere is a group of organisms that come to life in a community until the conditions change.

(noun)

An example of a sere is a community of dinosaurs.

Sere means old or dried up.

(adjective)

An example of something sere is a landscape of dead flowers.

See sere in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Ecol. the plant and animal communities that occur successively in a region and result in a climax ()

Origin: back-form. < series

adjective

Old Poet. dried up; withered

Origin: var. of sear

See sere in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also sear

adjective

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English sēar

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: From series

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