sericeous
pronunciation
How to pronounce sericeous in British English:
UK [sɪə'rɪʃəs]
How to pronounce sericeous in American English:
US [sɪ'rɪʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- covered with fine soft hairs or down
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Leaves abaxially densely white or yellowish tomentose or sericeous .
- 2. Mature leaves abaxially densely sericeous .
- 3. Young branchlets and leaves glabrous or pilose , neither tomentose nor sericeous .
- 4. Flowering stems and petioles villous or also white tomentose ; leaflets abaxially sericeous or pilose .
- 5. Leaflets abaxially wholly tomentose or sericeous , sometimes glabrescent .