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Definitions

  1. 1. silkworm

Words Containing 蚕

蚕农
cán nóng

sericulturist

蚕茧纸
cán jiǎn zhǐ

paper made from silkworm cocoons

蚕蔟
cán cù

small bundle of straw etc provided for silkworms to spin cocoons on

草石蚕
cǎo shí cán

Chinese artichoke

蚕宝宝
cán bǎo bǎo

silkworm

蚕丛
cán cóng

Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture

卧蚕
wò cán

plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)

春蚕
chūn cán

Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[máo dùn]

桑蚕
sāng cán

silkworm

蚕豆
cán dòu

broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean

柘蚕
zhè cán

silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhè] tree

蚕山
cán shān

see 蠶蔟|蚕蔟[cán cù]

蚕种
cán zhǒng

silkworm eggs

蚕蚁
cán yǐ

newly hatched silkworm

蚕蛾
cán é

Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)

蚕沙
cán shā

silkworm guano (excrement)

蚕纸
cán zhǐ

paper on which silkworm lays its eggs

蚕豆症
cán dòu zhèng

G6PD deficiency (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency)

蚕箔
cán bó

bamboo tray for raising silkworms

蚕丝
cán sī

natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

白僵蚕
bái jiāng cán

the larva of silkworm with batrytis

蚕茧
cán jiǎn

silkworm cocoon

养蚕业
yǎng cán yè

silk industry

蚕食
cán shí

(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at

蚕菜
cán cài

Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

蚕食鲸吞
cán shí jīng tūn

lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)

家蚕
jiā cán

the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)

养蚕
yǎng cán

to raise silkworms

蚕子
cán zǐ

silkworm eggs

蚕蛹
cán yǒng

silkworm chrysalis; silkworm pupa

沙蚕
shā cán

genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

蚕眠
cán mián

a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting