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plantation

[ plan-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

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.
a group of planted trees or plants.
History/Historical.
1. a colony or new settlement.
2. the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
Archaic. the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.

(of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country.

Plantation

[ plan-tey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plantation

/ plænˈteɪʃən /

an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale
a group of cultivated trees or plants
(formerly) a colony or group of settlers
rare.
the planting of seeds, shoots, etc

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English plantacioune, from Latin plantātiōn- (stem of plantātiō ) “a planting”; plant (verb), -ation

Hamer married in 1944 and moved with her husband to Ruleville, Miss., where they were sharecroppers on a plantation.

A Colombian coffee plantation teaches a valuable lesson in the fight to keep a dreaded disease from wiping out our favorite brew.

After firing that off, he clumsily asked what a plantation mentality is.

“I think you have more of a plantation mentality than I do,” he said.

Located in northern California, the Plantation Farm Camp takes everything back to the basics.

At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

His chief duty on the sugar plantation is to keep the monkeys out of the cane.

The plantation is divided up into small farms and rented to different workmen.

Until a few months ago, the boy has lived on a sugar plantation owned by a rich Tagal planter.

She had herself embroidered them to look like a pair worn by the rich lady whose husband owned the plantation.

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