: a planting of fruit trees, nut trees, or sugar maples
also
: the trees of such a planting
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For example, Texas crooner Shakey Graves comes to the orchard on Aug. 24 for $35.
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Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
More recently, the Medieval warm period, between 800 CE and 1400 CE, allowed orchards and pastures to spread into Northern Europe, Iceland and Greenland — and also triggered megadroughts, famine and collapse of civilizations in the American Southwest.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
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Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
More recently, the Medieval warm period, between 800 CE and 1400 CE, allowed orchards and pastures to spread into Northern Europe, Iceland and Greenland — and also triggered megadroughts, famine and collapse of civilizations in the American Southwest.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
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“Orchard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchard. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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orchard
noun
or·chard
ˈȯr-chərd 
1
: a place where fruit or nut trees are grown
2
: the trees in an orchard
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