leaf mould
Britishnoun
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a nitrogen-rich material consisting of decayed leaves, etc, used as a fertilizer
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any of various fungus diseases affecting the leaves of certain plants
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As night fell, they made a shelter of bent hazel saplings and leaf mould by a muddy stream.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
He didn’t have the strength to rain.proof it with leaf mould.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Last month we came on fresh raccoon tracks, like prints of little hands, in the leaf mould of the wood road, and coons are often shot here.
From A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards
His clothes have the odour of the forest—that is to say of leaf mould, poplar smoke and spruce resin.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
It grows upon the leaf mould and is frequently quite large.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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