leaf mould

noun

a nitrogen-rich material consisting of decayed leaves, etc, used as a fertilizer

any of various fungus diseases affecting the leaves of certain plants

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Words nearby leaf mould

leaf lard, leaf lettuce, leaf miner, leaf mold, leaf monkey, leaf mould, leaf mustard, leaf peeper, leaf primordium, leaf roll, leaf roller

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Example sentences from the Web for leaf mould

How he had planned, dug, planted it; pruned his fruit trees; placed his anemones in leaf-mould, his bulbs on sand.
Christmas Roses and Other Stories|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Peat and leaf-mould also answer; but a stiff clay will not do unless it has been cultivated and mixed with lighter stuff.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition|Sutton and Sons
Now, in the third week of November, the most pressing work is the collecting of leaves for mulching and leaf-mould.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
They should be planted in loam, peat, leaf-mould, and sharp sand.
The Children's Book of Gardening|Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

Both the Show and the Alpine varieties should be sown in pans filled with a mixture of sweet sandy loam and leaf-mould.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition|Sutton and Sons