Words / B2

GROHV/ɡrəʊv/

A grove is a small group of trees, often of one kind: an olive grove; a beech grove. Wood and copse are close twins; a forest is larger. Map the olive grove on the OS extract, then the irrigation source. Mix-up: grove vs groove; grave; do not write grove for a single street tree or a supermarket aisle of plants.

Meaning

A small group of trees, often of one kind.

Examples

• “Map the olive grove on the OS extract, then the irrigation source.”
• “A sacred grove featured in the RS extract, which is the ritual-wood sense — still name the culture.”

Good to know

an olive / orange / beech grove; a sacred grove. Close: copse / wood. Larger: forest. Trap: groove / grave. Geography, biology, and RS. A small group of trees, often of one kind.

Near in meaning

copse, wood, orchard

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