Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sericiculture .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The raising of silkworms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
cultivation ofsilk
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
- noun the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
Etymologies
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Examples
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Romans called the land beyond the Ganges 'Seres' that later the name sericulture became the term applied to silk-raising. "
The Story of Silk Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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The 5,000-year-old process, known as sericulture, provides over 300,000 tonnes of silk per year to the commodity textile and medical suture industries.
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Vocabulary enriching lyric: "sericulture" The cultivation of silkworms for silk
Archive 2010-03-01 Eeleen Lee 2010
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Vocabulary enriching lyric: "sericulture" The cultivation of silkworms for silk
This Is Really Not A Love Song. Eeleen Lee 2010
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For thousands of years, the secrets of silkworm rearing (called "sericulture") were closely guarded in China.
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From then on, sericulture (silkworm breeding) developed in the Byzantine Empire, especially in Syria and Lebanon, where mulberry trees (the golden tree) were grown and the silk worm was farmed.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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From then on, sericulture (silkworm breeding) developed in the Byzantine Empire, especially in Syria and Lebanon, where mulberry trees (the golden tree) were grown and the silk worm was farmed.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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In the 19th century, Lebanon's reputation for sericulture grew thanks to the know-how developed in partnership with the silk weavers of Lyon, on the other side of the Mediterranean.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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In the 19th century, Lebanon's reputation for sericulture grew thanks to the know-how developed in partnership with the silk weavers of Lyon, on the other side of the Mediterranean.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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Prior to its transformation into a haven for art and history lovers, the mill provided jobs for countless young women - revolutionary in a traditional rural environment -- during Lebanon's sericulture Golden Age (1840-1912).
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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