moriculture

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noun

The production of mulberry leaves to provide feed for silkworms.

OriginLatin morī →
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Meanings

nounmoriculture (uncountable)
  1. uncountableagricultureThe production of mulberry leaves to provide feed for silkworms.

    The Ming-Qing dynasties developed and spread the techniques of growing dwarf mulberry trees which facilitated leaf picking and favored leaf growing: moriculture became a proto-specialized activity.

    2020, Mau Chuan-hui, “Sericulture and its Complementary: Wild Silk Production in China’s Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”, in Seri-Technics, Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Latinmorī
  2. Englishmoriculture

From Latin morī, genetive of mōrus (“black mulberry tree”), + culture.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moriculture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moriculture.

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