Found 2 items, similar to sericeous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sericeous sericeous adj : covered with fine soft hairs or down; “downy milkweed seeds” [syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs. [1913 Webster]