black mulch
n.— «Rows of black plastic stretch across the fields of eastern Hillsborough County. The plastic, affectionately called black mulch by farmers, marks where 8,000 acres of strawberry plants will soon blossom.» —“Who will work the fields?” by Helen Anne Travis St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Oct. 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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