as in gardens
a place where people grow fruit trees
an apple orchard
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Recent Examples of orchards
But from orchards of almonds to fields of zucchinis, farmers up and down the state have been watching closely — and with trepidation.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Croplands, orchards and settlements were overtaken by forests, grasslands and wetlands.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The drive to the kibbutz—in the southwestern corner of Israel, just a mile and a half from the Gaza border—took me past orchards and wheat fields, nourished by Israel’s extensive irrigation works.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
In the case of Orchard Hills, the fire authority worked with farmers to tweak the spacing of avocado trees to have fewer trees per acre and cleared the brush and sage in the orchards to limit flammable objects in the 170-foot fuel modification zone.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Local beekeepers tend to their bees and hives while placed in orchards as contracted by growers.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
So far, his orchards were on pace with the adage of reaching 15-25% bloom by Valentine’s Day.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
His Placer County beekeeper this month brought him hives from Idaho for his 500 acres of almond orchards in Yuba County.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
Along the way, hundreds died; government forces, meanwhile, destroyed our cornfields and peach orchards and slaughtered our livestock.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Croplands, orchards and settlements were overtaken by forests, grasslands and wetlands.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The drive to the kibbutz—in the southwestern corner of Israel, just a mile and a half from the Gaza border—took me past orchards and wheat fields, nourished by Israel’s extensive irrigation works.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
In the case of Orchard Hills, the fire authority worked with farmers to tweak the spacing of avocado trees to have fewer trees per acre and cleared the brush and sage in the orchards to limit flammable objects in the 170-foot fuel modification zone.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Local beekeepers tend to their bees and hives while placed in orchards as contracted by growers.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
So far, his orchards were on pace with the adage of reaching 15-25% bloom by Valentine’s Day.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
His Placer County beekeeper this month brought him hives from Idaho for his 500 acres of almond orchards in Yuba County.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
Along the way, hundreds died; government forces, meanwhile, destroyed our cornfields and peach orchards and slaughtered our livestock.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Orchards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchards. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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