SERICEOUS

sericeous. Sericeous, a. silky, covered, with soft hairs

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Se‐ri″ceous (?), a. [[L. sericus silken, sericum Seric stuff, silk, fr. Sericus belonging to the Seres, Gr. ���, a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics. Cf. Silk, Serge a woolen stuff.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
2. 2. (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
3. 3. (Zoöl.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.