ORCHARD

orchard. Orchard, n. a garden or place of fruit trees

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Or″chard (?), n. [[AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i.e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]] 1. 1. A garden.
2. 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.