sericulture

2 definitions found

sericulture - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sericulture \Ser"i*cul`ture\, n. [See Sericeous, and
     Culture.]
     The raising of silkworms.
     [1913 Webster]

sericulture - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sericulture
      n 1: raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
      2: the production of raw silk by raising silkworms