SG Heritage Dictionary

Sericeous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. In botany , covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as a sericeous leaf.

Sericeous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

2. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.

3. Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.