SERI''CEOUS, adjective [Latin sericus, from sericum, silk.] Pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. In botany, covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as a sericeous leaf.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.