sericulture
sericulture
poultry is the proper word of rearing of birds.
The word originates in Asia. The Manchurian word is 'sirghe' and the Mongolian word is 'Sirkek' The word passed into Greek as 'serikos' via an oriental people from whom the Greeks obtained silk and smuggled the silk worms from China in the 1st century The word silk originates from Ol' Spain.
Luminous worms hung in caves and spun light silk.
The word could be sheepraising or shepherding.
Apiculture
faux silk
Silk Stockings, Silk Stalking, and Silk 1957 1991 2007
The noun "silk" is a common, uncountable, concrete noun; a word for a substance; a word for a thing.Note: The plural noun "silks" is a word specifically for types of or kinds of "silk" or a word for the identifying clothing worn by jockeys.
-en. The word is silken.
It depends how the word is used. Examples: She wore a silk dress. (silk = adjective) Her favorite fabrics are silk and velvet. (silk = noun)
It's not a word on its own, but it is a prefix meaning "silk." An example is sericulture, which means silk farming, and serigraphics, which is a printmaking process that uses silk.