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Definition of Sericulture
1. Noun. Raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk.
Derivative terms: Sericultural, Sericulturist
2. Noun. The production of raw silk by raising silkworms.
Definition of Sericulture
1. n. The raising of silkworms.
Definition of Sericulture
1. Noun. the cultivation of silk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sericulture
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sericulture
Literary usage of Sericulture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"sericulture IN INDIA. THE following interesting letter has been addressed ...
also what I think might be done to maintain and develope sericulture in India. ..."
2. The State and Agriculture in Hungary: Report of the Minister of Agriculture by Ignác Darányi (1905)
"sericulture sericulture gives to the poorer part of our population, without any
outlay, and by using the work of the weaker portion of the family (women ..."
3. Japan by the Japanese: A Survey by Its Highest Authorities by Alfred Stead (1904)
"sericulture PREPARED BY THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE SILK holds the
... sericulture, or the art of rearing silkworms, dates apparently from the ..."
4. Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century by Haruki Yamawaki (1904)
"Y. sericulture INSTITUTES. IMPERIAL INSTITUTES.—In view of the important part
played by sericulture in the economy of the country and therefore of the ..."
5. Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century by Japan Nōshōmushō, Haruki Yamawaki (1904)
"sericulture. History—Present Condition—Egg-cards—Filature. I. HISTORY. ...
The first authentic record about the history of sericulture or the art of rearing ..."
6. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1890)
"AX — THE SILK-WORM EXCITEMENT — EFFECT OK LEGISLATION ox sericulture—FIASCO IN
TOBACCO—MUSTARD—SUGAR. NOTWITHSTANDING the many other growing industries of ..."
7. The Resources of California: Comprising the Society, Climate, Salubrity by John Shertzer Hittell (1874)
"sericulture.-—sericulture will probably become an important branch of Californian
agriculture. China, Japan- France, and Italy, which are now the chief ..."
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