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orchard

[ awr-cherd ]

noun

  1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
  2. a group or collection of such trees.


orchard

/ ˈɔ˳Ùʃə»å /

noun

  1. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees
  2. a collection of fruit trees especially cultivated
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of orchard1

before 900; Middle English orch ( i ) ard, Old English orceard; replacing ortyard, Middle English ortyerd, Old English ortigeard (compare Gothic aurtigards garden), equivalent to ort- (combining form akin to wort 2; later identified with Latin hortus garden) + geard yard 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of orchard1

Old English orceard, ortigeard, from ort-, from Latin hortus garden + geard yard ²
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Much of those are in the new “high†zone — including in Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kern counties with their almond, pistachio and citrus orchards.

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According to him, many other farmers in the area were even sending labourers, who come from Nepal to work in the orchards, back home because there wasn't enough to do.

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In 1975, soon after Gaines moved west, he photographed a walnut orchard in Fresno near the university and drew its silhouettes with numbers rather than lines.

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The El Centro sector — headquartered more than 300 miles from Kern County’s sprawling farm fields and orchards — led the unusual January raid at the tail end of the Biden administration.

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They’re approaching 70, Knight said, and it would take years to grow another orchard.

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