Definition of Sericeous. Meaning of Sericeous. Synonyms of Sericeous

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Definition of Sericeous

Sericeous
Sericeous Se*ri"ceous, 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.] 1. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. 2. (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.

Meaning of Sericeous from wikipedia

- the two valves of the pod of Br****icaceae. seriate Arranged in rows. sericeous Silky with dense appressed hairs. series The category of supplementary...
- that are sericeous (finely haired) of pleasant taste similar to peanut butter. Leaves have pointed ends and are densely silvery or golden sericeous on the...
- soft, short and erect hairs. Scabrous, or scabrid Rough to the touch. Sericeous Silky appearance through fine, straight and appressed (lying close and...
- bilabiate, villous or sericeous, with the tube shorter than the lips. Corolla with the staminate nearly keel-sized, both sericeous or villous. Stamens 10...
- calyx, glabrous or nearly so, with triangular lobes; pink or red corolla, sericeous, the lobes ovate, acute, the corolla tube being about 1 cm. long. Fruit...
- argentea and was further distributed under this name. The leaves are lightly sericeous (hairy) and have wavy edges. Bunchosia glandulifera grows as an evergreen...
- crowns. Terminal buds are broadly ovoid or globular, and covered with sericeous scales. Bark is yellowish-brown with irregular vertical splits. Branches...
- a rounded ferruginous spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are sericeous (silky) whitey brown. Pisinidea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some...
- rhizomes that may reach 70 centimeters (2+1⁄4 feet) tall. Leaf texture is sericeous, giving the leaves a silvery-green appearance. The inflorescences are...
- and have a calyx about 6 cm (2.4 in) long. The inner surface is densely sericeous. Boabs are pollinated by the convolvulus hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli....