vermiculture en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermisbor. English vermi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English vermiculture From vermi- + culture.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The keeping of worms, for example for commercial or horticultural reasons.
There is an ecological message. There is some product placement. It’s kind of great, if you groove on Richard Brautigan and can dig a vermiculture subplot.
2010 April 22, Blake Wilson, “'Divine Right's Trip': A Forgotten Hippie Novel”, in New York Times ArtsBeat: