Sericeous

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.
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     2. (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the
        surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
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     3. (Zool.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine,
        close hairs.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sericeous
       adj : covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
             [syn: {downy}, {pubescent}, {puberulent}]