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orchard.

A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔː.tʃəd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/General-American
  1. A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

  2. The trees themselves cultivated in such an area.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English orchard, orcherd, from Old English orċeard, ortġeard, a compound of *ort (probably from Proto-Germanic *urtiz, a dissimilated variant of Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“wort (plant)”), later incorrectly associated with unrelated Latin hortus (“garden”)) + ġeard (see hortyard and yard, which ironically is etymologically linked with hortus). Cognate with Swedish örtagård (“herb garden”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (aurtigards, “orchard”), Old High German orzōn (“to cultivate a field”). Equivalent to wort + yard. More at root.

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