sericeous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite covered with fine soft hairs or down
    downy; pubescent; puberulent.
    • downy milkweed seeds

WordNet

Se*ri"ceous adjective
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.

Webster 1913