1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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Silvery green olive groves produce the oil that’s served in the hotel’s three restaurants.
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Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Groundbreaking took place in July 1954 on a 160-acre orange grove in Anaheim about 22 miles south of Los Angeles.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, there’s an underwater grove of palm trees whose fruits, when ripe, fall upwards.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
Luckin says the coconut used in my $3.75 latte is sourced from the company’s own grove in Indonesia.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025
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Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Groundbreaking took place in July 1954 on a 160-acre orange grove in Anaheim about 22 miles south of Los Angeles.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 July 2025
Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, there’s an underwater grove of palm trees whose fruits, when ripe, fall upwards.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
Luckin says the coconut used in my $3.75 latte is sourced from the company’s own grove in Indonesia.
—Elaine Yu, CNBC, 14 June 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
especially
: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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