Associations to the word «Infestation»

Wiktionary

INFESTATION, 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.

Dictionary definition

INFESTATION, noun. The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites.
INFESTATION, noun. A swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope