Wiktionary
alt. 1 Decomposed or composted remains of leaves. 2 Soil consisting principally of layers of decomposed leaves. n. 1 Decomposed or composted remains of leaves. 2 Soil consisting principally of layers of decomposed leaves.
WordNet
n. soil composed mainly of decaying leaves [syn: leaf mould, leaf soil]
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Usage examples of "leaf mold".
I jerked up, gasping for breath, shaking leaf mold out of my eyes.
Here were the impressions he had looked for in vain, the marks of something, several somethings, that had lain in the leaf mold and pawed over every bit of useless debris.
Nick lay crumpled on the leaf mold, stunned, staring up at Mace in astonishment.
The great, rounded fold in the leaf mold of the road was stunning in its implied message, but the old man confirmed it.
There was a faint fetid odor, not just the accumulated dust of centuries, leaf mold borne in by the wind, or the taint of some small animal lair.
These woods reminded her of the Earth Wife's lodge in Peshtar, except that here one sank into the strangeness of the place as if into deep leaf mold.
The burro gave an almost human scream and flung himself backward, the pin tearing loose in a small fountain of leaf mold and dirt.