sericulture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sericulture
    n 1: raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
    2: the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sericulture \Ser"i*cul`ture\, n. [See {Sericeous}, and
   {Culture}.]
   The raising of silkworms.
   [1913 Webster]
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