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plantation
1[ plan-tey-shuhn ]
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.
- a group of planted trees or plants.
- History/Historical.
- a colony or new settlement.
- the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
- Archaic. the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.
adjective
- (of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country.
Plantation
2[ plan-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- a town in S Florida.
plantation
/ æˈٱɪʃə /
noun
- an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale
- a group of cultivated trees or plants
- (formerly) a colony or group of settlers
- rare.the planting of seeds, shoots, etc
Other Word Forms
- ·ٲtDz· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of plantation1
Example Sentences
Scientific organizations also initiated studies within Vietnam during the war, finding widespread destruction of mangroves, economic losses of rubber and timber plantations, and harm to lakes and waterways.
Malaysia, with sprawling rubber plantations and the world's largest medical rubber glove maker, has nearly half the world's market for rubber gloves.
The area is known for its coffee plantations and beautiful landscapes and is popular with both national and international tourists.
The story is rooted in chilling and realistic descriptions of slavery on a Georgia plantation, but here the famed path to freedom is a literal underground railroad.
NRW said the majority of land it manages in the area is forest plantations.
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