The practice or cultivation of silkworms, especially in regions affected by flacherie disease.
Related to 'flacherie' with the suffix '-y' indicating a practice or place; derived from French sericulture terminology from the 1800s.
When French silk producers faced flachery epidemics, they had to develop better quarantine and hygiene practices that became the foundation for modern food safety standards.
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