plantation

Meanings

Plural: plantations

Noun

• an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
• 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"
• garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
• A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
• An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.
• The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
• A colony established thus.

Synonyms

grove, orchard, woodlet

Related Words

plant, planter