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sericeous

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Definition of sericeous

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky.
    “sericeous color”
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adj

  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”
    “sericeous ovary”
    “sericeous pubescence”
    “sericeous stalk”
    “sericeous surface of leaves”
  3. Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs
    “sericeous spot of hairs”
    “sericeous pile”

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Etymology

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.

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