Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites;
2.
a swarm of insects that attack plants;
- Example: "a plague of grasshoppers"[syn: infestation, plague]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Infestation \In`fes*ta"tion\, n. [L. infestatio: cf. F.
infestation.]
The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation;
vexation; annoyance. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
Free from the infestation of enemies. --Donne.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
infestation
n 1: the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites
2: a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of
grasshoppers" [syn: infestation, plague]