orchard : Idioms & Phrases
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apple orchard
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noun a grove of apple trees
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orchard apple tree
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noun native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
apple; Malus pumila.
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Orchard grass
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noun widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
cockspur; Dactylis glomerata; cocksfoot.
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(Bot.) , a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata ), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay.
Webster 1913
Orchard house
(Hort.) , a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.
Webster 1913
Orchard oriole
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noun the male is chestnut-and-black
Icterus spurius.
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(Zool.) , a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius ), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
Webster 1913
peach orchard
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noun a grove of peach trees
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Sugar orchard
- a collection of maple trees selected and preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; called also, sometimes,
sugar bush . U.S. Bartlett.