- sericulture
- [ʹserı͵kʌltʃə] n
шелководство
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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Sericulture — Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. Confucious texts place the discovery … Wikipedia
sericulture — [ser′ə kul΄chər] n. [Fr sériculture, contr. < sériciculture < L sericus (see SERGE) + Fr culture] the raising and keeping of silkworms for the production of raw silk sericultural adj. sericulturist n … English World dictionary
Sericulture — Ser i*cul ture, n. [See {Sericeous}, and {Culture}.] The raising of silkworms. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sericulture — 1851, from Fr. sériciculture, from L. sericum (nom. serica) silk (see SERGE (Cf. serge)) + cultura (see CULTURE (Cf. culture)) … Etymology dictionary
sériculture — (entrée créée par le supplément) (sé ri kul tu r ) s. f. L élève des vers à soie. ÉTYMOLOGIE Le grec signifie, ver à soie, proprement l animal du pays des Sères. M. de Dumast et, après lui, MM., Luppi et Dupré de Loire ont condamné le mot… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
sericulture — noun Etymology: Latin sericum silk + English culture Date: circa 1854 the production of raw silk by raising silkworms • sericultural adjective • sericulturist noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
sericulture — sericultural, adj. sericulturist, n. /ser i kul cheuhr/, n. the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk. [1850 55; < Gk sér silkworm + I + CULTURE] * * * … Universalium
sericulture — noun the cultivation of silk … Wiktionary
sericulture — ser·i·cul·ture || serɪ‚kÊŒltʃə(r) n. raising and breeding silkworms; production of raw silk by raising silkworms … English contemporary dictionary
sericulture — [ sɛrɪˌkʌltʃə] noun the production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose. Derivatives sericultural adjective sericulturist noun Origin C19: abbrev. of Fr. sériciculture, from late L. sericum silk + Fr. culture cultivation … English new terms dictionary
sericulture — seri·culture … English syllables
