plantation

UK: /plɑːnˈteɪʃ^ən/ US: /plænˈteɪʃən/ ,(plan tā′shən)

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plan•ta•tion /plænˈteɪʃən/   n. [countable]

1. a usually large farm or land area, maintained by workers who live there:
   a coffee plantation.
2. Botany a group of planted trees or plants.

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plan•ta•tion  (plan tā′shən), n. 

1. a usually large farm or estate, esp. in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers.
2. Botany a group of planted trees or plants.
3. World History [Hist.]
   • a colony or new settlement.
   • the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
4. [Archaic.] the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.

adj. 

5. Clothing, Furniture (of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country.

• Latin plantātiōn- (stem of plantātiō) a planting. See plant (verb, verbal), -ation
• late Middle English plantacioune 1400–50

plan•ta′tion•like′, adj. 

Plan•ta•tion  (plan tā′shən), n. 

1. Place Names a town in S Florida. 48,501.

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plantation / plænˈteɪʃən/ noun

1. an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale
2. a group of cultivated trees or plants
3. (formerly) a colony or group of settlers