sericulture
/ser-i-kuhl-cher/US // ˈsɛr ɪˌkʌl tʃər //UK // (ˈsɛrɪˌkʌltʃə) //
养蚕,养蚕业,蚕业,蚕桑
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
Examples
Notwithstanding this great impulse, sericulture dwindled away 219 on the death of that king.
It was in fact not till after the twelfth century that sericulture began to spread throughout Europe.
It is beyond doubt that the time when sericulture can be begun and carried on profitably in our country has arrived.
I would not be so unjust as to leave the reader to infer that all authors on sericulture have been thus guilty.
If this be true the greatest obstacle in the way of sericulture becoming a great national industry will have been removed.
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