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Farming worms so they spin you a shirt you can't afford.
means The raising of silkworms to produce raw silk, from feeding them to harvesting their cocoons.
from From Latin sericum, silk, plus culture; sericum traces back to the Seres, the ancient Greek and Roman name for the silk-trading Chinese.
Death sentenceCocoons are boiled with the pupa still inside.
Mulberry monogamyBombyx mori eats only mulberry leaves.
Smuggled secretMonks reportedly hid silkworm eggs in bamboo canes.
OutputOne cocoon yields nearly a mile of thread.