decermina

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

dēcermĭna, um, n. [decerpo],

leaves and boughs plucked off; decermina dicuntur quae decerpuntur purgandi causa, Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 7 Müll.; hence Trop.: Fortunae, i. e. beggars , qs. the refuse of Fortune , Ap. Met. 1, 6, 4.