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Orchard

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is the rendering in the A.V. of פִּרְדֵּס, pardes, a park or garden planted with trees (Ecclesiastes 2:5; Song of Solomon 4:14; forest," Nehemiah 2:8); and of oliretium ("orchard of olives"), an olive-yard (2 Esdras 16:29). (See GARDEN); (See OLIVE-YARD).