1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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Its double-skin façade of glass, metal and stone harmonizes with Helsinki’s historic waterfront, while interiors showcase Nordic nature through wooden structures, a skylit central hall and even a birch grove.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove.
—Chad Murphy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Hacienda Bambusa in Armenia, on the other hand, delivers tranquil luxury in an environment of cacao fields and bamboo groves.
—Boris Seckovic, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Fall brings migrating humpback whales offshore, and the monarch butterflies return to the eucalyptus groves each late fall through.
—Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove.
—Chad Murphy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Hacienda Bambusa in Armenia, on the other hand, delivers tranquil luxury in an environment of cacao fields and bamboo groves.
—Boris Seckovic, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Fall brings migrating humpback whales offshore, and the monarch butterflies return to the eucalyptus groves each late fall through.
—Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
especially
: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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