orchard

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noun
  1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

  2. a group or collection of such trees.

Origin of orchard

1
before 900; Middle English orch(i)ard,Old English orceard; replacing ortyard,Middle English ortyerd,Old English ortigeard (compare Gothic aurtigards garden), equivalent to ort- (combining form akin to wort2; later identified with Latin hortus garden) + geardyard2

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orchard

/ (ˈɔːtʃəd) /


noun
  1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees

  2. a collection of fruit trees especially cultivated

Origin of orchard

1
Old English orceard, ortigeard, from ort-, from Latin hortus garden + geard yard ²

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