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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, covered with minute silky hairs, discovered better by the touch than by sight.
- In entomology, covered with short, fine, shining appressed hairs, giving the surface an appearance like that of satin.
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hernesheir commented on the word holosericeous
This term belongs on the same list as hirsute and tomentose.
December 13, 2011