seral
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a sere.
adj
Of or pertaining to a sere.
Example Sentences
- "Lodgepole pine is a good example. On poor sites such as the obsidian sands of Yellowstone Park it is climax. On nearby zonal soils it is seral to subalpine fir."
- "If the dominant species exhibit a reverse J-shape age or size frequency curve, one may perhaps conclude that the area is climax, whereas if the curve is bell-shaped the species if probably not replacing itself and may be seral (Figure 15.3)."
Etymology
From sere + -al.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more seral (comparative)
most seral (superlative)