sere
Parched and shriveled
Sere means dry and withered, describing vegetation that has lost its moisture and vitality.
The word is literary and somewhat archaic, evoking autumn leaves or drought-parched landscapes: the sere grass of late summer, sere and yellow leaf.
Shakespeare used it to suggest decline and old age.
Extremely dry or thirsty
- witheredDried and shrunken
- driedStripped of moisture
- shriveledContracted from moisture loss
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
crisp · brittle · sapless · juiceless · moistureless · scorched · sunbaked · crackling
Sheds foliage seasonally
- senescentBecoming old
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- abscissionPlant part separation
- dormantInactive but capable
browning · curled · fallen · decomposing · mulch · detritus · vegetation · foliage
Belonging to earlier times
decayed · ancient · hoary · antique · venerable · aged · old · literary
Devoid of animation
- starkSevere and unadorned
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- aridDevoid of water
wasteland · inhospitable · fallow · unfruitful · sterile · bare · gaunt · sparse
Following in order
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- disturbanceDisruption of order
wildfire · colonization · habitat · biome
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
desiccated · crisp · brittle · sapless · juiceless · moistureless · scorched · sunbaked · crackling · papery
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
- senescentBecoming old
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- abscissionPlant part separation
dormant · browning · curled · fallen · decomposing · mulch · detritus · vegetation · foliage · browned
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
wasted · decayed · ancient · hoary · antique · venerable · aged · old · literary · Shakespearean
lifeless
Devoid of animation
arid · wasteland · inhospitable · fallow · unfruitful · sterile · bare · gaunt · sparse · scrubland
succession
Following in order
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
disturbance · wildfire · colonization · habitat · biome
- Crosswordesealee, aloe, epee, erne, etui
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- drynessarid, aridity, dry, dehydrated, bone dry
- successionheir apparent, heir presumptive, line of succession, primogeniture, successor
- successionsroyal succession, throne succession, dynastic succession, inheritance, heir