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To plant seeds and care for them in a nursery until they are ready for transplanting.
vi Chúng tôi đang ươm những cây giống mới.
en We are cultivating new seedlings.
To extract silk thread from a silkworm's cocoon by soaking it in very hot or boiling water.
vi Người thợ đang ươm tơ từ những kén tằm vàng.
en The artisan is extracting silk from the yellow cocoons.
The biological process by which silk glands produce the fibers used to make silk threads.
vi Tằm đang trong giai đoạn ươm tơ.
en The silkworms are in the stage of producing silk.