Orchard

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  • noun. An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
  • noun. The trees cultivated in such an area.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A garden.
  • noun. A piece of ground, usually inclosed, devoted to the culture of fruit-trees, especially the apple, the pear, the peach, the plum, and the cherry; a collection of cultivated fruit-trees.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A garden.
  • noun. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
  • noun. a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay.
  • noun. a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.
  • noun. a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A garden or an area of land to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
  • noun. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
  • Word Usage
    "This orchard is a Central New York institution and a fun fall trip for families."
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