Sericeous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky.
"sericeous color"
- 2 Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
"a sericeous leaf"
- 3 Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs
"sericeous spot of hairs"
Adjective
- 1 covered with fine soft hairs or down wordnet
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From Latin sēricus (“silken”), sēricum (“Seric material; silk”), from Sēricus (“belonging to the Seres”): Sērēs, Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics”). Compare silk, serge.