Plantation

Plan·ta·tion  (pln-tshn)

A city of southeast Florida, a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale. Population: 85,900.

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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.

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plantation - 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.	plantation - garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth orchard, woodlet, grove 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

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plantation [plɑːnˈteɪʃ^ən] n → plantation f

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plantation

n → Plantage f, → Pflanzung f; (of trees) → Schonung f, → Anpflanzung f

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plantation [plænˈteɪʃ/ən] n → piantagione f

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plantation, planter plant