2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sericeous \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. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sericeous adj : covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: {downy}, {pubescent}, {puberulent}]
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