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grove

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Noun

  1. A small forest.
  2. A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
  3. An orchard of fruit trees.
  4. A place of worship.
  5. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.

Verb

  1. To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
  2. To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
  3. To plough or gouge with lines.

Proper noun

  1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
  2. Any of several villages in England: A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).
  3. Any of several villages in England: A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).
  4. Any of several villages in England: A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).
  5. Any of several villages in England: A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).
  6. Any of several villages in England: A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).
  7. Any of several villages in England: A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).
  8. A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).
  9. A place in the United States: A town in Allegany County, New York.
  10. A place in the United States: A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
  11. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
  12. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
  13. A place in the United States: A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.
  14. A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  15. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

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