† ˈcerrial, a. Obs.
Also cerial, serriale.
[a. OIt. cereale, f. cerro (cero) evergreen oak, L. cerrus Turkey or bitter oak; see -al1.]
Of or pertaining to evergreen oak.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1432 A coroune of a grene ook cerial [v.r. serial; Boccaccio Teseide, Corona di querzia cereale]. a 1500 Flower & Leaf xxx, Chapelets fresh of okes serrial, Newly sprong. [a 1700 Dryden Flower & Leaf 284 Branches..Of palm, of laurel, or of cerrial-oak.] |