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grove

UK/ɡɹəʊv/ US/ɡɹoʊv/ fairly common

noun

1.

a small growth of trees without underbrush

2.

Origin

From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Related to Old English grǣf, grǣfe (“brushwood; thicket; copse”), Old English grǣfa (“thicket”), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch, branch out”), Old Norse grein (“twig, branch, limb”). More at greave.

Phrases

  • Arnos Grove
  • ash grove
  • Beech Grove
  • Buffalo Grove
  • Calder Grove
  • Cherry Grove
  • Clifton Grove
  • Coconut Grove
  • Grove Ferry
  • Grove Park

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