Word | sericulture |
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Definition | n. The production of silk by rearing silkworms. |
Sentence | When Pasteur arrived in the South to combat the disease threatening French sericulture, which he was soon to overcome, he did not know the habits of the silkworm. |
Source | The Intellectual Life, A.G. Sertillanges, p. 180 |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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