a. [f. L. argente-us silvery + -OUS: see ARGENT and -EOUS.] Silvery.
1881. J. Baker, in Jrnl. Lin. Soc., XVIII. 267. A much smaller species, not at all argenteous.
1883. Chamb. Jrnl., 12 May, 301/2. ‘A diminutive argenteous, truncated cone, convex on its summit, and semi-perforated with symmetrical indentations.’ She wanted a thimble.
