vermiculatio

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

vermĭcŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [vermiculor],

a being worm-eaten , of plants, Plin. 17, 24, 37, §§ 218 and 230; 17, 11, 16, § 87.