plantation
1 Americannoun
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a large farm or estate in a tropical or semitropical zone, for the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugarcane, etc., typically by enslaved, unpaid, or low-wage resident laborers.
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a group of planted trees or plants.
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History/Historical.
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a colony or new settlement.
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the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
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Archaic. the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.
adjective
noun
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an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale
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a group of cultivated trees or plants
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(formerly) a colony or group of settlers
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rare the planting of seeds, shoots, etc
Other Word Forms
- plantationlike adjective
Etymology
Origin of plantation
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English plantacioune, from Latin plantātiōn- (stem of plantātiō ) “a planting”; plant (verb), -ation
Example Sentences
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Billy hails from a herd in Malaysia that was culled to clear land for palm and rubber plantations, according to the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times
"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.
From BBC
After the war, Jacob, back in Louisiana, bought up distressed plantations, and Bernard returned to “this rough, rural, ruined place” to help run their business and agricultural empire.
Only one bridge still links Tyre to areas further north, along a narrow, battered coastal road winding between banana plantations and orange trees.
From Barron's
Meanwhile the large sugar and tobacco plantations that once belonged to former colonizers were quickly being absorbed by American corporations — not by Cubans.
From Los Angeles Times
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