Look up: sericulture

1. Sericulture
   The keeping of silk moths and their larvae for the production of silk.
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2. sericulture
   [n] - raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
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3. sericulture
   is the name given to the production of cultivated silk. Category: Various industries and crafts
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4. Sericulture
   Ser'i·cul`ture noun [ See Sericeous , and Culture .] The raising of silkworms.
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5. sericulture
   noun the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
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6. sericulture
   noun raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
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7. Sericulture
   • (n.) The raising of silkworms.
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8. sericulture
   (from the article `natural fibre`) ...Reports of the spinning of cotton in India date back to 3000 . The manufacture of silk and silk products originated in the highly developed ... lepidopteran whose caterpillar has been used in silk production (sericulture) for thousands of years. Although native to China, the silkworm has been ... ...
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9. sericulture
   sericulture, sericiculture 1. The cultivation of raw silk from silkworms. 2. The production of raw silk and the rearing of silkworms for the purpose of producing silk.
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10. sericulture
    sericulture: see silk; silkworm.
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11. Sericulture
    `Sericulture`, or `silk farming`, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts, the discovery of silk production by B. mori
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