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grove

  [grohv]
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–noun
1. a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth: a grove of pines.
2. a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, esp. citrus trees: a grove of lemon trees.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE grāf

Related forms:
groved, adjective
groveless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See forest.

Grove

  [grohv]
–noun
1. Sir George, 1820–1900, English musicologist.
2. Robert Moses (“Lefty”), 1900–75, U.S. baseball player.
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grove   (grōv)   
n.  

  1. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth.

  2. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts: an orange grove.


[Middle English, from Old English grāf.]
Grove   (grōv)   
British musicologist whose Dictionary of Music and Musicians (first published 1878-1889) has become a standard reference work.
Grove, Robert Moses Known as "Lefty." 1900-1975.  
American baseball player. A left-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1933) and the Boston Red Sox (1934-1941), he led the American League in earned run average nine times and in strikeouts seven times.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

grove 
O.E. graf (akin to græafa "thicket"), from P.Gmc. *graibo-, but not found in other Gmc. languages and with no known cognates anywhere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Grove

(1.) Heb. 'asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar representing Ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, probably usually set up in a grove (2 Kings 21:7; 23:4). In the Revised Version the word "Asherah" (q.v.) is introduced as a proper noun, the name of the wooden symbol of a goddess, with the plurals Asherim (Ex. 34:13) and Asheroth (Judg. 3:13). The LXX. have rendered _asherah_ in 2 Chr. 15:16 by "Astarte." The Vulgate has done this also in Judg. 3:7. (2.) Heb. 'eshel (Gen. 21:33). In 1 Sam. 22:6 and 31:13 the Authorized Version renders this word by "tree." In all these passages the Revised Version renders by "tamarisk tree." It has been identified with the Tamariscus orientalis, five species of which are found in Palestine. (3.) The Heb. word 'elon, uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "plain," properly signifies a grove or plantation. In the Revised Version it is rendered, pl., "oaks" (Gen. 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; 12:6; Deut. 11:30; Josh. 19:33). In the earliest times groves are mentioned in connection with religious worship. The heathen consecrated groves to particular gods, and for this reason they were forbidden to the Jews (Jer. 17:3; Ezek. 20:28).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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