lemon grove
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈlɛmən ɡroʊv/
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limonero
- In the lemon grove, the trees were heavy with ripe fruit, ready for picking.
Examples
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Most of Vidal's work is done at Ravello from the Sorrentine coast, amid lemon groves and vineyards, 2,000 feet above the sea.
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I would be able to tell when we'd be there because of the fresh citrus smell of the lemon groves.
Fiction book (1990) -
We glimpse Beatrice in a black and blood-red dress, running and laughing mischievously through a lemon grove.
Fiction book (1998) -
Most of these new plots were small farms, grazing lands, lemon Groves or vineyards.
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The farmers harvested lemons from their sprawling lemon grove to sell at the market.
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Visitors enjoyed walking through the sunlit lemon grove, inhaling the fresh, citrusy scent.
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 'an area where lemon trees are grown' is directly and compositionally derived from the nouns 'lemon' (the tree/fruit) + 'grove' (a small area of planted trees), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This noun+noun composition is a common, transparent pattern cross-linguistically, making the phrase immediately comprehensible without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase lemon grove is a simple picture: lemon (the fruit) and grove (a small group of trees). Imagine walking between the trees and smelling citrus, and that image explains why it means 'an area of land where lemon trees are grown'.