leaf mould

noun

1. a nitrogen-rich material consisting of decayed leaves, etc, used as a fertilizer
2. any of various fungus diseases affecting the leaves of certain plants

Example Sentences

For the moment, the business in hand is to move the heap of leaf-mould to some other place, with the wheelbarrow.

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I remove the eggs and install the helpless creatures on a bed of leaf-mould with a glass cover.

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Lilies-of-the-valley do best in a partially shaded place, and require a deep, rich soil, well mixed with leaf-mould.

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The compost to be one part turfy loam, one part peat or leaf mould, and one part rotten horsedung.

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I suppose we will have to fill some baskets with any leaf-mould we may find in the woodland.

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