"Seric" meaning in English

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        "4": "silkworm"
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      "form": "more Seric",
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      "form": "most Seric",
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        "superlative"
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        "(archaic) Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly (historical) in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China."
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        {
          "word": "Serian"
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        {
          "word": "Serica"
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          "word": "Serican"
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