castratura

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

castrātūra, ae, f. [castro]. *

I An emasculalion , castration of animals , Pall. Mai, 7, 2.—

II A pruning , cleansing of plants : siliginis, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86.