accumulatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

accŭmŭlātĭo (adc.), ōnis, f. [accumulo],

a heaping up , only as t. t. in the lang. of gardening, of the heaping up of earth round the roots of plants , Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246.