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prettygoodwordsericeous - adj., silky, esp. (Bot.) covered in fine, silky hairs.
Can also be used of milkweed seeds and the like. From Latin, from sericum, silk garment, silk, from neuter of sericus, silken, from Greek sērikos, belonging to Sēres -- the last being the Greek name for some Asiatic people, assumed to be Chinese.
---L.
Can also be used of milkweed seeds and the like. From Latin, from sericum, silk garment, silk, from neuter of sericus, silken, from Greek sērikos, belonging to Sēres -- the last being the Greek name for some Asiatic people, assumed to be Chinese.
---L.
