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grove [grəʊv] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a small wooded area or plantation 2. a. a road lined with houses and often trees, esp in a suburban area b. (capital as part of a street name) Ladbroke Grove [Old English grāf; related to grǣfa thicket, greave, Norwegian greivla to intertwine] Grove a small wood or group of trees for providing shade, forming avenues, etc. See also bosk. Examples: grove of bayonets, 1889; of ears of wheat, 1667; of fruit trees, 1838; of their own kindred, 1793; of Athenian literature, 1849; of olives, 1667; of majestic palms, 1856; of spears, 1667; of trees.
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| It stood on the south-east side of a hill, but nearer the bottom than the top of it, so as to be sheltered from the north-east by a grove of old oaks which rose above it in a gradual ascent of near half a mile, and yet high enough to enjoy a most charming prospect of the valley beneath. Sometimes on foot, often by launch, they cries-crossed and threaded the river region as far as the peat lands of the Middle River, down the San Joaquin to Antioch, and up Georgiana Slough to Walnut Grove on the Sacramento. Occasionally, he shot himself out of his equipage head-foremost over the apron; and I saw him on one occasion deliver himself at the door of the Grove in this unintentional way - like coals. |
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