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wood-sere

wood-sere noun: the winter.

Noun

wood-sere

  1. (obsolete) The winter.
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Forms of wood-sere

alternative formwood-seer
alternative formwoodsere

Origin of wood-sere

wood + sere. So called because winter is when there is no sap in the tree

Questions about wood-sere

What does wood-sere mean?
Wood-sere means the winter.
What part of speech is wood-sere?
Wood-sere is a noun.

Words near wood-sere in the dictionary

  1. wood-pigeons
  2. wood-pulp
  3. Wood-Ridge
  4. wood-rot
  5. wood-rots
  6. wood-sere
  7. wood-shaving flower
  8. wood-shaving flowers
  9. wood-smoked
  10. wood-sorrel
  11. wood-sorrels

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