plantation
noun
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.
plantations
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pluralof plantation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Public IB maintains an overweight rating on Malaysian plantations, pegging Sarawak Plantation and TA Ann as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Experts have also pointed to land-clearing practices used to make room for plantations as another factor facilitating the spread of wildfires in Indonesia, with naturally fire-resistant forests replaced by less dense and shaded vegetation.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The team examined young Macaranga pearsonii trees growing in both logged forests and oil palm plantations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
In Indonesia, the Dutch moved to cripple industry ahead of the Japanese advance, targeting oil wells on Sumatra and Borneo, road and rail networks on Java, and infrastructure on rubber plantations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some of the runaways and refugees in Yorktown suffered a fate worse than simply returning to their former plantations and homes.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
