GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   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
   (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
   1913 Webster
   (Zool.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
   1913 Webster