: a planting of fruit trees, nut trees, or sugar maples
also
: the trees of such a planting
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In a neighborhood with little green space, Greenlee says the improved garden with the orchard’s shade canopy will be a respite from Sacramento’s punishing summers in a spot that already is a neighborhood signpost.
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Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Apr. 2024
For this, the British gifted him and his family a huge orchard just north of Old Delhi’s city walls, on the banks of the Yamuna River.
—Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
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Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Apr. 2024
For this, the British gifted him and his family a huge orchard just north of Old Delhi’s city walls, on the banks of the Yamuna River.
—Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Orchard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchard. Accessed 4 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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