Plantation

[plæn'teɪʃ(ə)n;plɑːn-] or [plæn'teʃən]

Definition

(noun.) a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); 'the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century'.

(noun.) an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas).

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Definition

(n.) The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.

(n.) The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.

(n.) An original settlement in a new country; a colony.

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