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orchard

[awr-cherd]

noun

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

  2. a group or collection of such trees.



orchard

/ ˈɔːʃə /

noun

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

  2. a collection of fruit trees especially cultivated

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of orchard1

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 wort 2; later identified with Latin hortus garden) + geard yard 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of orchard1

Old English orceard, ortigeard, from ort-, from Latin hortus garden + geard yard ²
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He added that “time is of the essence,” because farms and orchards are “coming right into our busiest time.”

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"There are lot of old orchards producing fewer apples - that means the yield is coming down," he says.

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The garden contains a heated swimming pool, sauna, two greenhouses and an orchard.

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There’s the nerdy caretaker, the self-assured artist, the damaged orchard worker, the bored DJ and the literature professor who thinks she’s French.

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Now 26, I'm incredibly proud of my heritage - it's often one of the first things I'll share about myself and I have incredible memories of summers spent in the cherry orchard where my family worked.

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