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orchard oriole

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

   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.

   {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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

orchard oriole
     n : the male is chestnut-and-black [syn: {Icterus spurius}]
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