The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         I have lived long enough; my way of life
         Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sere \Sere\, a.
   Dry; withered. Same as Sear.
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         But with its sound it shook the sails
         That were so thin and sere.              --Coleridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sere \Sere\, n. [F. serre.]
   Claw; talon. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sere
    adj 1: (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, sere,
           sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered]