1
: a small wood without underbrush
a picnic grove
2
: a planting of fruit or nut trees
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Funga transplants fungi from healthy forests into commercial groves whose fungi are MIA and whose soil is nutrient-depleted from clear-cutting.
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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Preliminary post-fire assessments indicate that the effects of the fire within the groves were low to moderate, with some beneficial outcomes.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Sedona’s version, built around a historic sycamore grove, includes 14 galleries, six jewelry stores and 22 specialty shops — home to functional Southwestern pottery, Italian wood inlay music boxes, New Age crystals, and more.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The smoke jumpers had been expected to reach the grove Tuesday.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Preliminary post-fire assessments indicate that the effects of the fire within the groves were low to moderate, with some beneficial outcomes.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Sedona’s version, built around a historic sycamore grove, includes 14 galleries, six jewelry stores and 22 specialty shops — home to functional Southwestern pottery, Italian wood inlay music boxes, New Age crystals, and more.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The smoke jumpers had been expected to reach the grove Tuesday.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grove. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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grove
noun
: a small wood
especially
: a group of trees without underbrush
an orange grove
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