noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
olive grove
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an olive grove
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
olive
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On a rocky unmade track through the olive groves , we might have strayed through a time warp into a Biblical landscape.
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These men also have olive groves and cold-press their own virgin oil.
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Out among the olive groves and white-washed villages, or in the streets and galleries, you realise how little has changed.
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His island, she mused, as she drove through almond and olive groves .
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And what about the olive grove at Spello?
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Below the olive groves , sloping fields produce lush vines and the valleys are full of sunflowers, tomatoes and maize.
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Situated on the eastern shore of the lake with a backdrop of terraced vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees.
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In minutes you can leave the sea for chestnut trees and olive groves .
orange
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Granada glowed in the golden evening like a jewel suspended between the snowy Sierra Nevada and the rich green of orange groves .
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My uncles visited a few times, and we went to the beach or to orange groves .
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The trains still run along the coastline south of Jaffa where the family's old orange groves stand.
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Running through the orange grove , which already had little green oranges on, past the chickens, she froze with horror.
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The rugged mountains and hills form an impressive backdrop, and inland peaceful villages look out across orange and lemon groves .
sacred
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As a description of a sacred grove , with its legends, character and atmosphere, this is hard to better!
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I am in the sacred grove with a priestess in the last surviving matriarchal, communal culture on earth.
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I believe the Druid sacred groves to have been functionally identical with, and a direct continuity of, ley mark-clumps.
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Then taking her on board they went where she directed and reached the sacred grove where the Fleece hung.
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The servants had unpacked the picnic hampers, filling the sacred grove with roasted chickens, quails, and potted shrimps.
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The sacred grove is our sanctuary, our temple.
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Black-armoured warriors burned the sacred groves .
■ NOUN
lemon
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He could be out on the patio, or walking among his lemon groves .
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The road led between lemon groves , and beyond them the sea sparkled in the distance.
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Just think of those lemon groves outside my aunt's villa in Ravello.
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The lemon groves , which gave the village its name, cover the surrounding countryside, and there are flowers everywhere.
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Naturally there are many walks to be enjoyed in the surrounding countryside, and through the lemon groves that surround the village.
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The rugged mountains and hills form an impressive backdrop, and inland peaceful villages look out across orange and lemon groves .
palm
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Flora and I were walking through the palm grove , on mud paths between tiny squares of pale green barley.
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The dense palm grove had been cleared and hundreds of casuarina trees chopped down and grubbed out.
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I chose the deep shade of the palm grove where the high foliage sprinkled drops of sunlight on the path.
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The newly-built swimming pool is situated in lush gardens and deep palm groves which are part of the charm of this resort.
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Among rocks and in palm groves near rocks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the groves of Academe
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a lemon grove
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the redwood groves of Northern California
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a description of a sacred grove , with its legends, character and atmosphere, this is hard to better!
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As he followed his partner through the grove , the stammering policeman limped from his run-in with the pot.
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His island, she mused, as she drove through almond and olive groves.
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I am in the sacred grove with a priestess in the last surviving matriarchal, communal culture on earth.
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I believe the Druid sacred groves to have been functionally identical with, and a direct continuity of, ley mark-clumps.
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I was awestruck in the maple grove , immersed there in the luminescent yellow all around.
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Meekly he followed Drumhead up the sandy embankment toward the willow grove .
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The dense palm grove had been cleared and hundreds of casuarina trees chopped down and grubbed out.