Small groups of trees growing close together, usually without much undergrowth or dense forest around them.
From Old English 'graf,' possibly related to 'grave' in the sense of a hollow or carved space. The word has referred to clusters of trees since Anglo-Saxon times.
Sacred groves were incredibly important in ancient cultures—from the Greek groves dedicated to gods to the druid oak groves of Celtic people. They were meeting places, temples, and refuges, which is why cutting down a sacred grove was considered the ultimate sacrilege.
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