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Definition of: sericeous
(si·rish′əs) adjective
1. Lustrous like silk; silky.
2. Bot. Having fine, soft, appressed hairs, as the leaves of certain plants. [<L sericeus <sericum silk, orig. neut. of sericus silken, belonging to the Seres. See SERGE.]
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