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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning of "orange grove capital"

Could you please explain the term "orange grove capital"?

Context: An erstwhile orange grove capital and onetime center of Seventh Day Adventism, San Bernardino in the 1940s was becoming a working-class boomtown, and one of the chief beneficiaries was the McDonald's drive·in.

Thank you very much.
  

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You might call it an orange tree farm. capital a place with more orange groves than anywhere else in the state or even in the country

  • You might call it an orange tree farm.
  • capital a place with more orange groves than anywhere else in the state or even in the country
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an orange grove is a group of orange trees.You might call it an orange tree farm.
capital a place with more orange groves than anywhere else in the state or even in the country

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