sericeous

1. 1.

   covered with fine soft hairs or down

   “downy milkweed seeds”

   Synonymsdownypubescentpuberulent

   Similarhairy

   biology

Questions about sericeous

What does sericeous mean?

sericeous means "covered with fine soft hairs or down".

How many syllables are in sericeous?

sericeous has 4 syllables: se-ri-ce-ous. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for sericeous?

Close synonyms include downy, pubescent, puberulent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sericeous a common word?

sericeous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.