[se.ri.ceous] adj [LL sericeus silken, fr. L sericum silk garment, silk, fr. neut. of sericus silken, fr. Gk serikos, fr. Seres, an eastern Asian people, prob. the Chinese] (ca. 1777): covered with fine silky hair "~ leaf"
SERICEOUS
Meaning of SERICEOUS in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012