infestation

Meaning

Noun

  • The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

Origin

  • From Middle French infestation, from Late Latin infestatio.
  • Morphologically infest + -ation

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