rotted

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Rotted Valentine’s Day flowers, deflated balloons and other gifts are strewn about.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Rotted but unpainted wood from fences and side yards, paper and cardboard, cotton draperies.

From Slate • May 28, 2022

Rotted manure does not mean fresh or lumpy manure.

From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various

Black toad's liver, Green snake's slime, Hazel sliver, Witches grime, White-tipt tail of coal-black cat, Rotted wing of vampire bat, Were-wolf's tooth, and claw of rat, Simmer! simmer! simmer!

From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by Dawson, George Francis

Rotted Manure.—Mixed stable manure contains in a ton as many pounds of potash as it does of nitrogen, and yet we speak of it as a highly nitrogenous fertilizer.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva