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plantation definition

plan·ta·tion (plan tā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. Archaic a colony or new settlement
  2. ☆ an area growing cultivated crops
  3. an estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it a sugar plantation
  4. a large, cultivated planting of trees a rubber plantation

Etymology: L plantatio < plantare, to plant

Plantation definition

Plan·ta·tion (plan tā′s̸hən)

city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 83,000

Etymology: prob. named for the large town lots, called plantations by early settlers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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