orchard definition - Dictionary

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or·chard [ áwrchərd ] (plural or·chards)

noun

Definition:

1. area of fruit or nut trees: an area of land on which fruit or nut trees are grown, especially commercially

2. fruit or nut trees commercially planted: all the fruit or nut trees growing in an area, planted for commercial reasons

[ Old English ortgeard<ort, origin ? + yard²]

Cultural Note


	The Cherry Orchard, a play (1903-1904) by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. Chekhov described his last play as a comedy, but it is often played as tragedy. It depicts the decline of the Ranyevskayas, a family of upper-class landowners, who, despite being faced with bankruptcy, refuse to contemplate merchant Lopakhin's suggestion that they sell their beloved cherry orchard.