apricot grove
Literal meaning: a grove of apricot trees. Not an everyday word; mainly encountered in literary or historical contexts.
The apricot grove is in full bloom.
Poetic or literary term for a doctor, derived from a Chinese legend in which patients planted apricot trees as payment. Rare in modern speech; used in elevated writing or as a metaphor for the medical profession.
He is a renowned doctor, a true 'apricot grove' of the medical world.