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
Example Sentences
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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
The compost to be one part turfy loam, one part peat or leaf mould, and one part rotten horsedung.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William
Charcoal, in an agricultural sense, means all forms of carbon, whether as peat, muck, charcoal dust from the spark-catchers of locomotives, charcoal hearths, river and swamp deposits, leaf mould, decomposed spent tanbark or sawdust, etc.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
Best on north side of a hill in bright, sandy soil, mixed with leaf mould.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas
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