serico-, seric-, seri- +
(Greek > Latin: silk)
From Greek, serikos, silken; literally, pertaining to the Seres, the Asian people from whom the Greeks first obtained silk. Don't confuse this seri- with another seri- in "serial" or "series" and serio- in "serious", etc.
serigraphy
The art or process of printing original designs with the silk-screen method.
seriscission
A surgical procedure in which soft tissues are divided by tightly binding an encircling heavy silk ligature (thread or string for tying).
silk
1. The fine, soft thread produced by certain species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is enclosed during the pupa state.
2. The thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
3. Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured.
4. A delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itself.
5. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of corn (maize).
6. Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree.
2. The thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
3. Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured.
4. A delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itself.
5. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of corn (maize).
6. Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree.
tramosericeous
Having a satiny or silky luster, as the elytra (part of the hard exoskeleton) of certain beetles.
Short history and modern production of Chinese silk.
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