Usually means: Cultivation of silkworms for silk.
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  1. sericulture: Merriam-Webster
  2. sericulture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sericulture: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sericulture: Vocabulary.com
  5. Sericulture, sericulture: Wordnik
  6. sericulture: Wiktionary
  7. sericulture: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. sericulture: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sericulture: Dictionary.com
  10. sericulture: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Sericulture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Sericulture: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. sericulture: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. sericulture: Rhymezone
  15. Sericulture: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. sericulture: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sericulture: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. sericulture: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sericulture: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sericulture: Encyclopedia

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  1. sericulture: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sericulture)

▸ noun:  (agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.

Similar:
silkgrowing, silk, silkwork, silkwear, moulinage, silker, filature, silkware, sarsenet, kerseymere, more...

Opposite:
antisilk, non-silk, desilk

Adjectives:
mulberry, chinese, japanese, mexican, indian, french, domestic, tropical, own, european, scientific
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Similar:
silkgrowing, silk, silkwork, silkwear, moulinage, silker, filature, silkware, sarsenet, kerseymere, more...

Opposite:
antisilk, non-silk, desilk

Adjectives:
mulberry, chinese, japanese, mexican, indian, french, domestic, tropical, own, european, scientific



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