Usually means: Covered with fine, silky hairs.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. sericeous: Merriam-Webster
  2. sericeous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sericeous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sericeous: Vocabulary.com
  5. sericeous: Wordnik
  6. sericeous: Wiktionary
  7. sericeous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. sericeous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sericeous: Dictionary.com
  10. Sericeous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Sericeous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. sericeous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. sericeous: Rhymezone
  14. Sericeous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. sericeous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. sericeous: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sericeous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. sericeous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sericeous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sericeous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  3. Sericeous: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (sericeous)

adjective:  Of or relating to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
adjective:  (botany) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
adjective:  (zoology) Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs.

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