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- Dictionaryplantation/plɑːnˈteɪʃn/
noun
- 1. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.
- 2. colonization or settlement of emigrants, especially of English and then Scottish families in Ireland in the 16th–17th centuries under government sponsorship: "the Plantation of Ulster"
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PLANTATION definition: 1. a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop is…. Learn more.
1. : a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation. 2. : a settlement in a new country or region. Plymouth Plantation. 3. a. : a place that is planted or under cultivation. b. : an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor. Synonyms. colony. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop is grown: a tea / cotton / rubber plantation. an area where trees are grown for wood: plantations of fast-growing conifers. Charcrit Boonsom/robertharding/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Farms & ranches. country estate. croft.
Plantation definition: 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.. See examples of PLANTATION used in a sentence.
A plantation is a large piece of land where crops such as rubber, coffee, tea, or sugar are grown.
1. an estate, esp. in a tropical or semitropical country, usu. worked by resident laborers: a coffee plantation. 2. a group of planted trees or plants. 3. a colony or new settlement. 4. Archaic. the planting of seeds, trees, etc. [1400–50; < Latin]
A plantation is a large agricultural property dedicated to planting a few crops on a large scale. If you dream of having 3,000 acres to raise cucumbers on, then you have dreams of a cucumber plantation. Plantation doesn't have to only mean massive single-product farms.
PLANTATION meaning: 1 : a large area of land especially in a hot part of the world where crops (such as cotton) are grown; 2 : a group of trees that have been planted together.
PLANTATION definition: 1. an area of land in a hot country where a crop is grown: 2. an area of land where trees are…. Learn more.
Definition of plantation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
