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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Humus or compost consisting of decomposed leaves and other organic material.
- noun A fungal disease of plants that chiefly affects foliage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Decomposed or
composted remains of leaves. - noun Soil consisting principally of layers of decomposed leaves.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun soil composed mainly of decaying leaves
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