sericulture

IPA: sˈɛrɪkʌɫtʃɝ

Examples of "sericulture" in Sentences

Vocabulary enriching lyric: "sericulture" The cultivation of silkworms for silk
For thousands of years, the secrets of silkworm rearing (called "sericulture") were closely guarded in China.
Romans called the land beyond the Ganges 'Seres' that later the name sericulture became the term applied to silk-raising. "
The 5,000-year-old process, known as sericulture, provides over 300,000 tonnes of silk per year to the commodity textile and medical suture industries.
In the 19th century, Lebanon's reputation for sericulture grew thanks to the know-how developed in partnership with the silk weavers of Lyon, on the other side of the Mediterranean.
From then on, sericulture (silkworm breeding) developed in the Byzantine Empire, especially in Syria and Lebanon, where mulberry trees (the golden tree) were grown and the silk worm was farmed.
Prior to its transformation into a haven for art and history lovers, the mill provided jobs for countless young women - revolutionary in a traditional rural environment -- during Lebanon's sericulture Golden Age (1840-1912).