| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| orchard |
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| SYLLABICATION: | or·chard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ôr ch rd |
| NOUN: | 1. An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees. 2. The trees cultivated in such an area. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English orceard, alteration of ortgeard : perhaps wyrt, wort, plant; see wort1 + geard, yard; see gher-1 in Appendix I.
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