sericeous

Etymology

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.

adj

  1. Of or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
  2. (botany) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
    a sericeous leaf
  3. (zoology) Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs.

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