1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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Spring brings a lush wisteria canopy, summer ripens the citrus groves and autumn drapes the courtyard in gold.
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Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
In 1982, researchers traveling through the Ayacucho region of Peru discovered a small amphibian in the mountain coffee groves.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
With Banana Plantation, a man is centered within the dense, green leaves of the banana groves, as if he’s being absorbed into the vegetation.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The ship had passed behind a grove of trees and was no longer visible, but a plume of black smoke billowed skyward.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
In 1982, researchers traveling through the Ayacucho region of Peru discovered a small amphibian in the mountain coffee groves.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
With Banana Plantation, a man is centered within the dense, green leaves of the banana groves, as if he’s being absorbed into the vegetation.
—Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The ship had passed behind a grove of trees and was no longer visible, but a plume of black smoke billowed skyward.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
especially
: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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