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Plantation

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Plan·ta·tion  (pln-tshn)
A city of southeast Florida, a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale. Population: 85,900.

plan·ta·tion  (pln-tshn)
n.
1. An area under cultivation.
2. A group of cultivated trees or plants.
3. A large estate or farm on which crops are raised, often by resident workers.
4. A newly established settlement; a colony.

plantation [plænˈteɪʃən]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc., are grown on a large scale
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a group of cultivated trees or plants
3. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a colony or group of settlers
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Rare the planting of seeds, shoots, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Plantationplantation - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
orangery - a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
2.Plantation - a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris"
North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
3.Plantationplantation - garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
apple orchard - a grove of apple trees
garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
lemon grove - a grove of lemon trees
orange grove - grove of orange trees
peach orchard - a grove of peach trees
Translations
plantation [plænˈteɪʃən] N [of tea, sugar etc] → plantación f; (= large estate) → hacienda f; [of trees] → arboleda f; [of young trees] → plantel m (Hist) → colonia f

plantation [plɑːnˈteɪʃən] nplantation f

plantation
nPlantage f, → Pflanzung f; (of trees)Schonung f, → Anpflanzung f

plantation [plænˈteɪʃn] npiantagione f
plantation [plænˈteɪʃn] npiantagione f

plantation, planter plant


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I had a plantation on the peninsula, and I wanted a white overseer.
"She died on the last plantation two months ago, and she died once before that when you were working for me last year," said the planter, who knew something of the ways of nativedom.
Directly before him, across the twelve-mile channel, lay Florida Island; and, farther to the right, dim in the distance, he could make out portions of Malaita--the savage island, the abode of murder, and robbery, and man-eating--the place from which his own two hundred plantation hands had been recruited.
 
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