Vocabulary : Sericterium to Serigraph
Sericterium : A silk gland, as in the silkworms.Sericulture : The raising of silkworms.
Serie : Series.
Seriema : A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
Series : In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists. ;; A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be in series. ;; A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities. ;; A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events. ;; Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. ;; An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
