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plan·ta·tion
 plantation
- pronunciation:
- plaen
teI
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an area of land for cultivating plants or trees, or a group of cultivated plants or trees.
Maintaining the plantation of bamboo requires a large amount of water. |
| definition 2: |
a large farm or estate used for cultivating commercial crops such as rubber, tea, cotton, or coffee.
This area of the island supports a number of coffee plantations.More than a hundred slaves worked on this cotton plantation before the Civil War. |
| definition 3: |
formerly, a new settlement or colony.
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| related words: |
farm |
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