grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation
(noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
orchard (plural orchards)
A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.
• (land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees): grove, plantation, woodlet
Orchard
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Or"chard, n. Etym: [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]
1. A garden. [Obs.]
2. 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. Orchard grass (Bot.), 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.
– Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.
– Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
