Sericeous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Silky.
  • adj. Botany Covered with soft silky hairs.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
  • adj. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
  • adj. Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
  • adj. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
  • adj. Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing, pertaining to, or consisting of silk; having the character of silk; silky.
  • Resembling silk; silky or satiny in appearance; smooth, soft, and shiny, as the plumage of a bird, the surface of an insect, etc.
  • In botany, silky; covered with soft shining hairs pressed close to the surface: as, a sericeous leaf.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. covered with fine soft hairs or down
    • Equivalent
    hairy    haired    hirsute   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    silky   
     
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