orange grove
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈɔrɪndʒ ɡroʊv/
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naranjal
- These people went to work in Southern California's burgeoning orange groves, cotton fields, and melon patches.
- Florida orange grove
- California orange grove
- orange grove fruit
Coca-Cola wanted to cut it all down and put an orange Grove there to, to create Orange Crush.
- Coca-Cola wanted to cut it all down and put an orange Grove there to, to create Orange Crush.
- And then he thought, well, I'll sell some of the land and, and, and grow oranges, orange Groves.
Examples
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A pack of cats ran across the field and escaped into the orange grove.
Fiction book (1996) -
The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting... and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see.
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I saw you in an orange grove.
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The Colonel will be waiting for you at an orange grove behind the airport.
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At the other end of the field, they saw the last soldiers going into the orange grove.
Fiction book (1996) -
The noise in the orange grove increased.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm not working at the orange grove anymore.
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After passing the coral bed, the ceiba tree, and the topiary, he reached the edge of the orange grove.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jackals howled in the orange grove, and fireflies glittered between the leaves.
Fiction book (1996) -
Sam's cousin in California runs a orange grove, and they're looking for some help.
Synonyms
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2.8
A small group of trees that grow close together, often planted for fruit
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3.2
A piece of land with fruit or nut trees grown for food
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Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of land planted with orange trees' is directly and compositionally derived from 'orange' (orange trees/fruit) + 'grove' (a small area of trees). This straightforward noun–noun combination follows normal English compounding and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Orange grove is a simple name that creates the image of a small group of orange trees growing together in a grove, often planted in rows and heavy with fruit. That's why it means 'a piece of land planted with orange trees'.