Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sericiculturist .
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- noun A
producer of rawsilk
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- noun a producer of raw silk
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Examples
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It is, therefore, clear that the object of the sericulturist should be to raise and market as good a crop of cocoons as possible to the best advantage, and with the least possible expense and risk.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various
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"If you were a scientific sericulturist, as many men are, you would know just how many pounds of leaves you used each day; and you would work to economize them so as to get the largest possible yield of silk from the smallest possible outlay of leaves.
The Story of Silk Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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