leaf soil

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   soil composed mainly of decaying leaves

   Synonymsleaf moldleaf mould

   Broadermold

Questions about leaf soil

What does leaf soil mean?

leaf soil means "soil composed mainly of decaying leaves".

What is another word for leaf soil?

Close synonyms include leaf mold, leaf mould. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaf soil a common word?

leaf soil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.