1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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In Santa Cruz, researchers and conservationists also deployed ultralight radio tags to better understand how butterflies move between overwintering groves, information that could help improve how overwintering habitat is managed.
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Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The vineyards produce Merlot, Cabernet, Corvina, and Rondinella, while the olive groves yield enough oil for private use.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
Many Haitian families gravitated to Lemon City, one of the oldest settlements in Miami, developed in the late eighteen-hundreds and, at the time, largely populated by lemon-grove workers from the Bahamas.
—Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Before the freezes, Orange County’s citrus industry was dominated by individual growers, who had small groves spread from Oakland and Winter Garden east to Christmas and from Sanford south to Pine Castle, Conway and Windermere.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
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Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The vineyards produce Merlot, Cabernet, Corvina, and Rondinella, while the olive groves yield enough oil for private use.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
Many Haitian families gravitated to Lemon City, one of the oldest settlements in Miami, developed in the late eighteen-hundreds and, at the time, largely populated by lemon-grove workers from the Bahamas.
—Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Before the freezes, Orange County’s citrus industry was dominated by individual growers, who had small groves spread from Oakland and Winter Garden east to Christmas and from Sanford south to Pine Castle, Conway and Windermere.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
especially
: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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