sericeousadj.

Brit.

/sᵻˈrɪʃəs/, U.S.

/səˈrɪʃəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sericeus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sericeus silken (6th cent.; < classical Latin sēricum silk (see Seric adj.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix.

Botany and Entomology.

Silky; covered with silky down.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair

beardedc1450

downy1551

cottoned1578

friezed1578

maned1578

woolly1578

hairy1597

bristle-pointed1601

comous1657

fimbrious1657

tomentous1657

shagged1671

tomentose1698

crinated1724

villose1727

hispid1753

pubescent1760

setose1760

villous1766

lashed1776

silky1776

strigous1776

sericeous1777

awny1786

awned1787

strigose1793

shaggy1796

stupose1799

thready1804

feather-headed1821

setous1822

aristate1829

filamentous1835

fimbriate1836

puberulent1841

puberulous1841

sericated1848

barbate1853

strigillose1857

fimbrilliferous1866

ciliolate1870

fimbrillose1884

strigulated1899

1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 15 Sericeous, covered with a down of extremely fine texture.

1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 282 Hylæus... Lip lanceolate, little sericeous.

1847 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 5. 236 Shining yellow sericeous down.

1888 J. H. Comstock Introd. Entomol. viii. 193 The under side of the body is generally minutely pubescent and sericeous like satin.

1903 Entomol. News Mar. 73 The entire palpus covered with fine silvery sericeous hairs which give even to the black base a glistening silvery color when viewed from certain directions.

1967 Kew Bull. 21 299 The typical form of each of the three species is sericeous, i.e., is covered with densely-set long hairs which give the plant a silky appearance.

2004 Brittonia 56 359/1 Inflorescence terminal, erect, sparsely sericeous, glabrescent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sericeous
释义	sericeousadj. Brit. /sᵻˈrɪʃəs/, U.S. /səˈrɪʃəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sericeus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sericeus silken (6th cent.; < classical Latin sēricum silk (see Seric adj.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Botany and Entomology. Silky; covered with silky down. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair beardedc1450 downy1551 cottoned1578 friezed1578 maned1578 woolly1578 hairy1597 bristle-pointed1601 comous1657 fimbrious1657 tomentous1657 shagged1671 tomentose1698 crinated1724 villose1727 hispid1753 pubescent1760 setose1760 villous1766 lashed1776 silky1776 strigous1776 sericeous1777 awny1786 awned1787 strigose1793 shaggy1796 stupose1799 thready1804 feather-headed1821 setous1822 aristate1829 filamentous1835 fimbriate1836 puberulent1841 puberulous1841 sericated1848 barbate1853 strigillose1857 fimbrilliferous1866 ciliolate1870 fimbrillose1884 strigulated1899 1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 15 Sericeous, covered with a down of extremely fine texture. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 282 Hylæus... Lip lanceolate, little sericeous. 1847 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 5. 236 Shining yellow sericeous down. 1888 J. H. Comstock Introd. Entomol. viii. 193 The under side of the body is generally minutely pubescent and sericeous like satin. 1903 Entomol. News Mar. 73 The entire palpus covered with fine silvery sericeous hairs which give even to the black base a glistening silvery color when viewed from certain directions. 1967 Kew Bull. 21 299 The typical form of each of the three species is sericeous, i.e., is covered with densely-set long hairs which give the plant a silky appearance. 2004 Brittonia 56 359/1 Inflorescence terminal, erect, sparsely sericeous, glabrescent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1777
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