SERICEOUS


Meaning of SERICEOUS in English

[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"

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