Seric-
1.
a combining form meaning “silk,” used as a base in English derivatives:
sericin.
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- Sericate
adjective 1. sericeous; silky.
- Sericeous
adjective 1. silky. 2. covered with silky down, as a leaf. adjective (botany) 1. covered with a layer of small silky hairs: a sericeous leaf 2. silky
- Sericin
noun 1. a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together. noun 1. a gelatinous protein found on the fibres of raw silk
- Sericite
noun, Mineralogy. 1. a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- Serictery
noun, plural sericteries. 1. a silk gland.