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a forest that learned restraint — trees in deliberate ranks, not chaos.
means A small group of trees, often planted or growing in an orderly, open cluster rather than a dense wild forest.
from From Old English 'graf,' a word for a small wood or copse. Its deeper roots are murky — it may be related to other Germanic terms for thickets, but the connections are uncertain enough that scholars leave them gently in question. It has stood quietly in English for over a thousand years, surviving in place-names long after many of its sibling words faded.
- sacred ground
- Ancient Greeks worshipped gods in groves, not buildings
- academy roots
- Plato taught in a grove called Akademos
- clonal giants
- Aspen groves can be one organism sharing roots
- orchard cousin
- Citrus and olive farms are called groves, not orchards
- druid word
- Celtic druid temples were sacred oak groves
sacred grove of delphi — ancient sanctuary in greece where the oracle of delphi gave prophecies from 1400 bce
sherwood forest — english woodland in nottinghamshire, legendary hideout of robin hood
bohemian grove — private 2,700-acre campground in california hosting exclusive gatherings of politicians and business leaders since 1873