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What is the difference between orchard and grove?

orchard | grove | Synonyms |

Grove is a synonym of orchard.



As nouns the difference between orchard and grove

is that orchard is a garden or an area of land to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees while grove is a small forest.

As a proper noun Grove is

{{surname|habitational|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived near a grove.

orchard

English

(wikipedia orchard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A garden or an area of land to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
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  • The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

    • Synonyms

    * (land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees) grove, plantation, woodlet

    Derived terms

    * Euclid's orchard * marble orchard * orchard bush * orcharded * orchard grass * orchard harrow * orchard heater * orchard-house * orcharding * orchardist * orchard mason bee * orchardman * orchard oriole * orchard-planting problem * orchard problem * orchard tower * orchard valve * orchard visibility problem * sap orchard * seed orchard * sugar orchard

    grove

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small forest.
  • An orchard of fruit trees.
  • (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship

    • Related terms

    * mangrove