1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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Marchesi Alfieri At the intersection of Roero, Langhe, and Monferrato, in Italy’s storied Piedmont region, where vineyards meld among hazelnut groves and forests, the winemaking legacy of Marchesi Alfieri began in 1696.
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Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The spectacle of corporations changing their posture in waves, like groves of saplings in a storm, may seem startling.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Loading your audio article More than a century ago, entrepreneur Anthony Chabot cultivated a eucalyptus grove in the Oakland hills, with the lumber transported across Skyline Boulevard to the Port of Oakland for homebuilding throughout the Bay Area.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
Other grantees include Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s Plague, capturing the mood in his country on the eve of the 2011 revolution, through two brothers whose palm grove is under threat from a parasitical insect.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The spectacle of corporations changing their posture in waves, like groves of saplings in a storm, may seem startling.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Loading your audio article More than a century ago, entrepreneur Anthony Chabot cultivated a eucalyptus grove in the Oakland hills, with the lumber transported across Skyline Boulevard to the Port of Oakland for homebuilding throughout the Bay Area.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
Other grantees include Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s Plague, capturing the mood in his country on the eve of the 2011 revolution, through two brothers whose palm grove is under threat from a parasitical insect.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
especially
: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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