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leaflitter

leaflitter is the alternative form of leaf litter.

Meaning of leaf litter

Noun

leaf litter (uncountable)

  1. Dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs, that has fallen to the ground and may be used by animals as habitat or for nest-building, eventually decomposing and releasing nutrients into the soil.

Origin of leaflitter

From leaf + litter.

Questions about leaflitter

What is leaflitter the alternative form of?
Leaflitter is the alternative form of leaf litter.

Words near leaflitter in the dictionary

  1. leafletters
  2. leafletting
  3. leaflike
  4. leafling
  5. leaflings
  6. leaflitter
  7. leaflove
  8. leafloves
  9. leaflute
  10. leaflutes
  11. leafmeal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leaflitter (page history and authors); leaf litter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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