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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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sericeous
adj 1: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed
seeds" [syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent,
sericeous]

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