Sericeous

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
	2.	(Bot.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
	3.	(Zool.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.

Adj.

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sericeous - covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds" Synonyms: puberulent, pubescent, downy

biological science, biology, downy, hairy, hirsute, puberulent, pubescent