'Sericeous' definitions:
Definition of 'sericeous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous]
Definition of 'Sericeous'
From: 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]