Seram

British

/ sɪˈræm /

noun

Also called: Serang. an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas, separated from New Guinea by the Ceram Sea: mountainous and densely forested. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)

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Nonetheless, the coating is available commercially through her spin-out company Seram Coatings.

From BBC

“Some of them believed that he died from being beaten by villagers from Seram. There has been a long dispute between Serui tribes and villagers of Seram descent.”

From Washington Times

Jamque pates, cordisque seram gravis hasta reclusit, Et clavi claves undique te reserant.

From Project Gutenberg

Tenerae aetatis flores adfert, non fructus serae: quos quidem exigere ad seram illam et sobriam maturitatem, quam in fructibus expectamus merito, durum fuerit; forsan et ipsa hac praecoci importunitate sua placituros magis: tibi praesertim quem paternus animus, quod fieri solet, intentum tenet omni suae spei diluculo, quo tibi de tuorum indole promittas aliquid.

From Project Gutenberg

Ipse seram teneras maturo tempore vites Rusticus et facili grandia poma manu.

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