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Definition of Leaf mold
1. Noun. Soil composed mainly of decaying leaves.
Definition of Leaf mold
1. Noun. Decomposed or composted remains of leaves. ¹
2. Noun. Soil consisting principally of layers of decomposed leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaf Mold
Literary usage of Leaf mold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"On the supposition that the more thoroughly rotted this material was the better
suited it would be for blueberry growing, a quantity of old leaf mold was ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"Over this, finely screened leaf mold is placed and is packed down somewhat firmly.
The surface of the leaf mold should be about %-inch below the upper edge ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"... and leaf-mold, the whole of which had been prepared a year previously and
suffered to be thoroughly intermingled. The border was prepared last autumn. ..."
4. Greenhouse Management: A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the by Levi Rawson Taft (1898)
"... syringed early in the TION leaf mold. <jay; there should be no serious trouble
from the disease, while if it does make its appearance the usual ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The soil may be gradually made coarser with each potting until in the final shift;
an unsifted compost of two parts loam, one part leaf-mold, one part well- ..."
6. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"Leaf-mold or Spot Disease (Alternaria liola, Gall. & Dors.). Descr. Illus.
Treat., US Dep. ... See Melon (Leaf-mold). Leaf-spot (Phyllosticta sp. and (? ..."