: a planting of fruit trees, nut trees, or sugar maples
also
: the trees of such a planting
Examples of orchard in a Sentence
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But that was before the French Revolution led to cancellation of laws that protected Menton from competition from other lemon-growing regions, and before the Riviera’s rise as a playground for tourists and the wealthy led to hotels and villas steadily displacing orchards and farmland.
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Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
More:Fall is pawpaw season in Michigan: What to know about native fruit
On his farm in Ann Arbor, Marc Boone has an orchard of nearly 300 pawpaw trees.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
And now visitors can roam through your farm and orchard?
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
Photograph by Christina Holmes At the start of Michigan’s fruit belt are sprawling apple and peach orchards, and endless berry patches begging you to stop by and stain your fingertips.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
The title implies a sizable survey of the lush images of parks, orchards and sundry trees that Klimt painted in the last two decades of his life, usually during summers spent on the Attersee, the largest lake in Austria’s resort region.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Within the 750-acre compound is a mango orchard as well as Vantara, Anant’s animal sanctuary.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
At a Michigan orchard, a woman tells her three daughters about a long-ago romance.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
The total acreage devoted to almond growing has shrunk in the last two years as some farmers opt to plant other crops, while some orchards have been abandoned.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Barbara Surk and Daniel Cole, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
More:Fall is pawpaw season in Michigan: What to know about native fruit
On his farm in Ann Arbor, Marc Boone has an orchard of nearly 300 pawpaw trees.
—Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
And now visitors can roam through your farm and orchard?
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
Photograph by Christina Holmes At the start of Michigan’s fruit belt are sprawling apple and peach orchards, and endless berry patches begging you to stop by and stain your fingertips.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2024
The title implies a sizable survey of the lush images of parks, orchards and sundry trees that Klimt painted in the last two decades of his life, usually during summers spent on the Attersee, the largest lake in Austria’s resort region.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Within the 750-acre compound is a mango orchard as well as Vantara, Anant’s animal sanctuary.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
At a Michigan orchard, a woman tells her three daughters about a long-ago romance.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
The total acreage devoted to almond growing has shrunk in the last two years as some farmers opt to plant other crops, while some orchards have been abandoned.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Orchard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orchard. Accessed 17 Apr. 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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