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Meaning of sericeous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky.
  2. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
  3. Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs

Examples

“sericeous color”
“a sericeous leaf”
“sericeous ovary”
“sericeous pubescence”
“sericeous stalk”
“sericeous surface of leaves”
“sericeous spot of hairs”
“sericeous pile”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sericicultural sericigenic sericigenous sericitic sericultural series-wound

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