n. 1. An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees. 2. The trees cultivated in such an area. [Middle English, from Old English orceard, alteration of ortgeard : perhaps wyrt, wort, plant; see WORT1 + geard, yard; see gher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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