grove

n.

1. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth.
2. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts: an orange grove.

[Middle English, from Old English grāf.]

IN BRIEF: n. - Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth; A small growth of trees without underbrush.

It's the flock, the grove, that matters. Our responsibility is to species, not to specimens; to communities, not to individuals.

Tutor's tip: The well used-path was a "groove" (a cut or rut) that ran through the "grove" (a group of trees).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a small growth of trees without underbrush

Meaning #2: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
  Synonyms: woodlet, orchard, plantation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lille skov, lund, hegn, klynge træer, træplantning

idioms:

• groves of academe    den akademiske verden

Nederlands (Dutch)
bosje, boomgaard

Français (French)
n. - bosquet

idioms:

• groves of academe    le monde académique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wäldchen

idioms:

• groves of academe    Hochschulmilieu

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άλσος, αλσύλλιο, σύδεντρο, συστάδα

idioms:

• groves of academe    πανεπιστημιακός χώρος

Italiano (Italian)
boschetto, piantagione

idioms:

• groves of academe    sfera accademica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arvoredo (m), bosque (m) pequeno

idioms:

• groves of academe    mundo (m) acadêmico

Русский (Russian)
роща

idioms:

• groves of academe    мир ученых

Español (Spanish)
n. - arboleda, bosquecillo

idioms:

• groves of academe    ambiente universitario, el mundo académico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skogsdunge, plantering, klunga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小树林

idioms:

• groves of academe    学术界, 学术领域

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小樹林

idioms:

• groves of academe    學術界, 學術領域

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 숲, 잔나무 밭, 과수원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 木立ち, 林, 果樹園

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) روض, بستان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חורשה, מטע זיתים‬

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