raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
the art and science of raising silk worms for the production of silk.
The cultivation of silkworms, or lepidoptera larvae, for the production of cocoons from which silk is unwound to produce a textile thread.
Sericulture 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. According to Chinese records, the discovery of silk production from B. mori occurred about 2700 BC.
