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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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a large farm, esp. in a hot part of the world, on which a particular crop is grown: a coffee / rubber plantation.
The meaning of PLANTATION is a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation. How to use plantation in a sentence.
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.
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 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
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]
Definition of plantation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. plantations. An area growing cultivated crops. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A colony or new settlement. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it, specif. one located in the S U.S. in the 18th or 19th cent. Webster's New World.
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