Definition of Leaf mould

1. Noun. Soil composed mainly of decaying leaves.

Exact synonyms: Leaf Mold, Leaf Soil
Generic synonyms: Mold, Mould

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaf Mould

leaf fat
leaf form
leaf frog
leaf frogs
leaf gap
leaf gaps
leaf green
leaf hopper
leaf hoppers
leaf insect
leaf insertion
leaf lard
leaf lettuce
leaf miner
leaf mold
leaf mould (current term)
leaf mustard
leaf node
leaf peeper
leaf peepers
leaf protein
leaf protein concentrate
leaf proteins
leaf roller
leaf scorch
leaf shape
leaf sheath
leaf soil
leaf spot
leaf spring

Literary usage of Leaf mould

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"LEAF-MOULD is formed of decayed leaves, and is one of the most useful materials in ... All plants whatever will grow in leaf-mould, mixed with loam and sand ..."

2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1843)
"It should be potted in a rich loam of a light and fibrous nature, mixed with about a third of loose decayed manure, or leaf-mould, and shifted gradually ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"One-third sea or river sand ; one-third loam ; one-fourth rotten cow-dung ; one-twelfth leaf-mould. 2. Two-sixths gray sand ; two-sixths well-rotted ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1907)
"A large pocket knife for cutting roots and leaf mould is a valuable accessory; and to him whose bump of locality is small, a compass is indispensable. ..."

5. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"The species at present introduced are very pretty little plants, growing in peat and leaf mould, arid are readily increased by cuttings placed under a ..."

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