Definition of orchard
: a planting of fruit trees, nut trees, or sugar maples;
also
: the trees of such a planting
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Trendler is not suggesting that homeowners turn their back yards into orchards.
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Separate fields hold citrus orchards and vegetable gardens.
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This beetle, native to East Asia, has wreaked havoc in forests, nurseries, and orchards in Europe and the United States, and can attack more than 200 types of trees, Ranger says.
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Trails wrap through the orchard and around a livestock paddock built to keep wolves away.
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The Asian insects have spread across orchards and vineyards in Pennsylvania and threaten to appear in Maryland this spring, too.
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The Valley itself was relatively bucolic, honeycombed with orchards and farms.
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The 2016 white is lovely with aromas of white flowers (think jasmine, honeysuckle), an appealing waxy texture, and flavors reminiscent both of familiar orchards and more exotic tropical fruits.
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Just minutes’ walk away is Primrose Valley, an area once blanketed with apple orchards and a little dirt path that Woolf and her youthful siblings would have taken down to Porthminster Beach below.
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Origin and Etymology of orchard
Middle English, from Old English ortgeard, from ort- (from Latin hortus garden) + geard yard — more at yard
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First Known Use: before 12th century
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Definition of orchard for English Language Learners
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: a place where people grow fruit trees
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Definition of orchard for Students
: a place where fruit trees are grown
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