plantation

plantation Definition

plan·ta·tion (plan tā′s̸hən)

noun

Archaic a colony or new settlement
☆ an area growing cultivated crops
an estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it a sugar plantation
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

plantation Synonyms

estate, ranch, manor, hacienda; see farm.

plantation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

Converse of object

fel: The small birds like open ground for nesting sites and often nest in recently felled conifer plantations where there has been new planting.

Adjective modifier

coniferous: A coniferous plantation on a long ridge from which there are great views to the north toward the rolling Cheviot Hills.
broadleaved: Other ancient woodland sites have been replanted with conifers or broadleaved plantations, or have been converted to other habitats or land use.
coconut: Belize's Manta Resort is situated on a former coconut plantation.
citrus: A holiday in Kassiopi has the magnificent backdrop of Mount Pantokrator and hills covered with olive groves, vines and citrus plantations.
non-native: Complete the establishment of 3,000 ha of upland mixed ashwood on unwooded sites, or by conversion of non-native plantations, by 2010.
sub-tropical: The program was developed to assist foresters in choosing species suitable for tropical and sub-tropical plantations.

Modifies a noun

forestry: Ion fluxes related to growth of plantation forestry are considered.
shutter: Plantation shutters that a mortgage broker career role in side of the meyers was recently.
Tamil: The author provides a brief background on the Plantation Tamils, " descendants of Indian labor migrants to the plantations during the British period.
slavery: Blackburn reminds us, however, that racial slavery was peculiarly associated with plantation slavery.
owner: His mother was sold to a plantation owner who lived thirty miles away.

Noun used with modifier

conifer: Later the whole area was turned into a conifer plantation.
banana: I ran through the banana plantation straight to him.
monoculture: A study by Duke University in North Carolina discovered that monoculture plantations dried up local water supplies.
forestry: The rocks are in a former forestry plantation, which has now been cleared.
eucalyptus: Pine and eucalyptus plantations cover 4 % of the country and employ 17 % of the formal labor force.
cocoa: Q: What about reports of slavery in cocoa plantations?

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