or·chard 
(ôrchərd)
(ôrchərd)n.
1. An area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
2. The trees cultivated in such an area.
[Middle English, from Old English orceard, alteration of ortgeard : perhaps wyrt, wort, plant; see WORT1 + geard, yard; see gher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]