1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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The National Lakeshore has done annual winter surveys of its hemlock groves since 2018.
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Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
Nearly 400 Lebanese—including around 70 civilians and three journalists—have been killed, 90,000 Lebanese civilians have been displaced from around 100 towns and villages along the Israeli-Lebanese border, and Lebanese villages and olive groves have incurred widespread damage from phosphorus bombs.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024
Inland from Galle, the five-bedroom Villa Mine is surrounded by a landscaped garden with a hilltop dining pavilion, a swimmable lake, and a pool among groves of mango and palm trees.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
Sicily's interior consists of wheat fields, olive groves, farms, and villages, including many of the places where houses are selling for one euro to those who are willing to refurbish and live there.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2024
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Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
Nearly 400 Lebanese—including around 70 civilians and three journalists—have been killed, 90,000 Lebanese civilians have been displaced from around 100 towns and villages along the Israeli-Lebanese border, and Lebanese villages and olive groves have incurred widespread damage from phosphorus bombs.
—Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2024
Inland from Galle, the five-bedroom Villa Mine is surrounded by a landscaped garden with a hilltop dining pavilion, a swimmable lake, and a pool among groves of mango and palm trees.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
Sicily's interior consists of wheat fields, olive groves, farms, and villages, including many of the places where houses are selling for one euro to those who are willing to refurbish and live there.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2024
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
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: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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