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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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The raising of silkworms.

silkworm and cocoon

sericulture ‎(usually uncountable, plural sericultures)

rearing of silkworms for the production of silk

Chinese:
Mandarin: (the practice of sericulture) 養蠶 (zh), 养蚕 (zh) ‎(yǎngcán), (as an industry) 養蠶業 (zh), 养蚕业 (zh) ‎(yǎngcányè)