grove
[noun]
Synonyms: wood, coppice, copse, covert, plantation, spinney, thicket

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English Thesaurus: forest, woods, woodland, rainforest, jungle, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

grove /ɡrəʊv $ ɡroʊv/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: graf]

1. [countable] a piece of land with trees growing on it
grove of
a small grove of beech trees
olive/lemon/palm etc grove
He owns an orange grove near Tel Aviv.

2. Grove used in the names of roads:
Lisson Grove

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

forest a very large area of land with a lot of trees growing closely together:
In 1500, most of the country was forest.
the Black Forest in Germany
woods (also wood British English) an area of land covered with a lot of trees, that is smaller than a forest:
Behind the house were the woods that we used to play in.
Follow the path through a small wood.
woodland an area of land that is covered with trees – used especially for describing the type of land in an area:
The site covers 74 acres of beautiful ancient woodland.
rainforest a thick forest with tall trees, in tropical parts of the world that have a lot of rain:
Tropical rainforests are home to over half of the planet’s plant and animal species.
the Indonesian rainforest
jungle an area of tropical forest where trees and large plants grow very closely together:
the jungles of Borneo
The palace was hidden for centuries in Guatemala’s dense jungle.
grove a small group of trees, or an area of land planted with a particular type of fruit tree:
The temple was built in the centre of a small grove of trees.
the olive groves of southern Spain
copse /kɒps $ kɑːps/ a small area of trees or bushes growing closely together:
At the top of the field was a copse full of rabbits.
plantation a large area of trees planted for their wood, fruit etc:
a rubber plantation
thicket /ˈθɪkət, ˈθɪkɪt/ a small group of bushes, plants, or small trees growing closely together:
Tall bamboo thickets fringed the narrow river.

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