Found 2 hits - Term: orchard oriole, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
orchard \or"chard\, n. as. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard,
i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. see wort,
yard inclosure.
1. a garden. obs.
1913 webster
2. an inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit
trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples,
peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less
frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
1913 webster
orchard grass bot., a tall coarse grass dactylis
glomerata, introduced into the united states from
europe. it grows usually in shady places, and is of value
for forage and hay.
orchard house hort., a glazed structure in which fruit
trees are reared in pots.
orchard oriole zool., a bright-colored american oriole
icterus spurius, which frequents orchards. it is
smaller and darker thah the baltimore oriole.
1913 webster
see also:
wort yard orchard grass dactylis glomerata orchard house orchard oriole
icterus spurius
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
orchard oriole
n : the male is chestnut-and-black syn: icterus spurius
see also:
icterus spurius
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