: a planting of fruit trees, nut trees, or sugar maples
also
: the trees of such a planting
Examples of orchard in a Sentence
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Myanmar’s democratic transition under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi further curtailed the region’s role in drugs, with U.N.-backed crop substitution programs transforming crimson poppy fields into fruit orchards and tea plantations.
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TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
The plan includes trying new technologies to reduce emissions from rice while increasing yields and profits, creating more fisheries and fruit orchards, and building airports and highways to lure foreign investment.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
In New Hampshire, apple growers who went to bed with orchards full of pink blossoms awoke to petals turning brown.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
He’s brought that experience to Aquifer Gardens, where native plants such as yarrow and hummingbird sage sprout throughout the citrus orchards, while the vegetable plots are companion-planted for more nutrients, with tomatoes next to the celery and herbs.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
But that was before the French Revolution led to cancellation of laws that protected Menton from competition from other lemon-growing regions, and before the Riviera’s rise as a playground for tourists and the wealthy led to hotels and villas steadily displacing orchards and farmland.
—Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
More:Fall is pawpaw season in Michigan: What to know about native fruit
On his farm in Ann Arbor, Marc Boone has an orchard of nearly 300 pawpaw trees.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
And now visitors can roam through your farm and orchard?
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
Photograph by Christina Holmes At the start of Michigan’s fruit belt are sprawling apple and peach orchards, and endless berry patches begging you to stop by and stain your fingertips.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
The plan includes trying new technologies to reduce emissions from rice while increasing yields and profits, creating more fisheries and fruit orchards, and building airports and highways to lure foreign investment.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
In New Hampshire, apple growers who went to bed with orchards full of pink blossoms awoke to petals turning brown.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
He’s brought that experience to Aquifer Gardens, where native plants such as yarrow and hummingbird sage sprout throughout the citrus orchards, while the vegetable plots are companion-planted for more nutrients, with tomatoes next to the celery and herbs.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
But that was before the French Revolution led to cancellation of laws that protected Menton from competition from other lemon-growing regions, and before the Riviera’s rise as a playground for tourists and the wealthy led to hotels and villas steadily displacing orchards and farmland.
—Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
More:Fall is pawpaw season in Michigan: What to know about native fruit
On his farm in Ann Arbor, Marc Boone has an orchard of nearly 300 pawpaw trees.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
And now visitors can roam through your farm and orchard?
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
Photograph by Christina Holmes At the start of Michigan’s fruit belt are sprawling apple and peach orchards, and endless berry patches begging you to stop by and stain your fingertips.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Orchard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchard. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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orchard
noun
or·chard
ˈȯr-chərd 
1
: a place where fruit or nut trees are grown
2
: the trees in an orchard
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