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Webster 1913 Edition
Orchard
Or′chard
,Noun.
1.
A garden.
[Obs.]
2.
An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; – used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
Orchard grass
(Bot.)
, a tall coarse grass (
– Dactylis glomerata
), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. Orchard house
(Hort.)
, a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.
– Orchard oriole
(Zool.)
, a bright-colored American oriole (
Icterus spurius
), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.Webster 1828 Edition
Orchard
OR'CHARD
,Noun.
An inclosure for fruit trees. In Great Britain, a department of the garden appropriated to fruit trees of all kinds, but chiefly to apple trees. In America, any piece of land set with apple trees, is called an orchard; and orchards are usually cultivated land, being either grounds for mowing or tillage. In some parts of the country, a piece of ground planted with peach trees is called a peach orchard. But in most cases, I believe the orchard in both countries is distinct from the garden.