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orchard

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or·chard  (ôrchrd)
n.
1. An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
2. The trees cultivated in such an area.

[Middle English, from Old English orceard, alteration of ortgeard : perhaps wyrt, wort, plant; see wort1 + geard, yard; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

orchard
Noun
an area of land on which fruit trees are grown [Old English orceard]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.orchardorchard - garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
apple orchard - a grove of apple trees
garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
lemon grove - a grove of lemon trees
orange grove - grove of orange trees
peach orchard - a grove of peach trees
Translations
Spanish orchard [ˈɔːtʃəd] nhuerto;
apple orchard → manzanar m; manzanal m

French orchard [ˈɔːtʃəd] nverger m;
apple orchard → verger de pommiers

German orchard [ˈɔːtʃəd] nObstgarten m;
apple orchard → Obstgarten mit Apfelbäumen

Italian orchard [ˈɔːtʃəd] nfrutteto;
apple orchard → meleto

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Higginbotham was a trader; and a former clerk of his, to whom Dominicus related the facts, testified that the old gentleman was accustomed to return home through the orchard about nightfall, with the money and valuable papers of the store in his pocket.
For more than a year I worked and waited, and watched the career of the flourishing orchard opposite with puzzled feelings.
He already eats all the fruit from the cherry-tree in our orchard of Charlerange.
 
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