DictionaryorchardFruit or nut grove
noun

orchard

OR-cherd/ˈɔːrtʃərd/

An area planted with fruit or nut trees.

The orchard contains orderly rows of fruit-laden apple trees.

A small orchard shown from a slightly elevated angle: orderly rows of mature apple trees bearing visible red fruit, rooted in one continuous grassy plot with clear lanes between the rows.
Etymology

Old English orceard meant a fruit garden: a piece of ground, usually enclosed, devoted to growing fruit trees. The modern sense preserves that agricultural use.

In context

Bunny Guinness14:42
you've got your orchard which is so sweet doesn't it really nice it's still in its infancy it's not a mature Orchard at all cuz we planted every single one of those apple trees
Acclaimed author, Plum Sykes in her ‘Beatrix Potter fantasy Garden’

More examples

  • Several orchards surrounded the town.
  • She planted an orchard.
  • The orchard bloomed in spring.

Forms

orchard · orchards

Similar words

grove
A group of trees not necessarily planted for fruit.
plantation
A larger cultivated area for crops.