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sericeous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

se=ri=ceous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective sericeous has 1 sense

sericeous(s = adj.all) downy, puberulent, pubescent - covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sericeous, 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.].

Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. [1913 Webster]
Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf. [1913 Webster]
Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sericeous, adj. Bot. & Zool. covered with silky hairs.

Etymology

LL sericeus silken

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