grove

/groʊv/

/grəʊv/

A grove can be an orchard or a clump of trees that doesn't have much undergrowth and occupies a contained area, like an orange grove or a small shady grove of oak trees where you can have a picnic.

You wouldn't call a forest or a large woods a grove — that's too big. And you wouldn't call two or three trees a grove either — that's too small. A grove is somewhere in between. You'll often hear the word refer to a group of trees cultivated by humans, often for commercial purposes, such as an apple grove planted to supply produce to grocery stores.

Definitions of grove

1. noun

   a small growth of trees without underbrush
   type of:

   forest, wood, woods

   the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
2. noun

   garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
   synonyms: orchard, plantation, woodlet

   types:

   apple orchard

   a grove of apple trees

   lemon grove

   a grove of lemon trees

   orange grove

   grove of orange trees

   peach orchard

   a grove of peach trees

   type of:

   garden

   a plot of ground where plants are cultivated