DictionaryRoot: graf

Old English

graf

grove, small wood

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A compact, clearly bounded cluster of mature leafy trees standing together in an otherwise open grassy clearing, with visible open space around the entire group.

noun

grove

GROHV/ɡrəʊv/

A small group of trees growing together.

Etymology

groveOld Englishgrove, small wood

Old English graf already meant a copse or small wood, so the modern sense preserves the same kind of wooded place. Its deeper ancestry is unknown.

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