sere
A natural succession community of organisms in an ecosystem, especially a series of…A natural succession community of organisms in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from a time when habitat is unoccupied or disturbed to the time when a climax community is achieved.
Meaning
2 sensesA natural succession community of organisms in an ecosystem, especially a series of communities succeeding one another from a time when habitat is unoccupied or disturbed to the time when a climax community is achieved.
Folge-, Zwischen-, Folgestadium
(obsolete)A claw, a talon.
Examples
1 sentencesIn spring brightly green, and spangled with wild flowers, by midsummer this prairie had grown sere and yellow.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin serere, present active infinitive of serō (“to entwine, interlace, link togetheFrom Latin serere, present active infinitive of serō (“to entwine, interlace, link together; to join in a series, string together”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; to thread”).
From Old French serre (modern French serre (“talon”)), from serrer (“to grip tightly; to shut”) (modern French serrer (“to squeeze; to tighten”)), from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“to close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō (“to fasten with a bolt; to bar, bolt”), from sera (“bar for fastening doors”), from serō (“to bind or join together; entwine, interlace, interweave, plait”); see further at etymology 2.
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