sericulture
pronunciation
How to pronounce sericulture in British English:
UK ['serɪˌkʌltʃə]
How to pronounce sericulture in American English:
US ['serɪˌkʌltʃə]
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- Noun:
- raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
- the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
Word Origin
- sericulture (n.)
- "breeding, rearing and treatment of silkworms, 1839, from French sériciculture (19c.), from Latin sericum (nominative serica) "silk" (see serge) + cultura (see culture (n.)).
Example
- 1. The arabs , with their widening conquests , spread sericulture across the shores of the mediterranean .
- 2. Our sericulture is in advance of that of other countries .
- 3. Sericulture is the industry that benefit country enrichs the people .
- 4. Fig. 1 the main influencing factors and correlativity on the vicissitude of sericulture distribution .
- 5. Pointed out the technologies for the high yield , quality and benefit in autumn rearing silkworm from mulberry field management , rational layout , scientific rearing and disease control , according to recent years experimence of sericulture in wujiang .