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sericeous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as a sericeous leaf. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sericeous adj : (biology) covered with fine soft hairs or down "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: {downy}, {pubescent}, {puberulent}]
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