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Noun: sericulture  'se-ree`kúl-chu(r)
  1. Raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
     
  2. The production of raw silk by raising silkworms

Derived forms: sericultures

See also: sericultural, sericulturist

Type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process, production

Encyclopedia: Sericulture

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