Definition of plantations. Meaning of plantations. Synonyms of plantations

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Definition of plantations

Plantation
Plantation Plan*ta"tion, n. [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.] 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation. 3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. --B. Trumbull.

Meaning of plantations from wikipedia

- perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, coffee, tea...
- of slavery, such plantations were generally self-sufficient settlements that relied on the forced labor of enslaved people. Plantations are an important...
- incorporation of Providence Plantations in Narragansett Bay in New England" by the Parliamentary committee on Foreign Plantations. After the English Civil...
- grown on plantations, and in southern and southeastern Asia, teak plantations have recently replaced the natural forest. Industrial plantations are actively...
- native Irish. Small privately funded plantations by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while the official plantation began in 1609. Most of the land had...
- by BOH Plantations Sdn Bhd. The BOH Tea Plantation, which is located at Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, is also the largest tea plantation in Malaysia...
- for Trade and Plantations was a body formed by the British Crown on 15 May 1696 to promote trade and to inspect and improve the plantations of the British...
- Plantation Lullabies is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and b****ist Me's**** NdegéOcello. It was released by Maverick Records on October...
- Britain. The Crown saw the plantations as a means of controlling, anglicising and 'civilising' Gaelic Ireland. The main plantations took place from the 1550s...
- contains 482 muni****lities consisting of cities, towns, and plantations. In Maine, a plantation is an organized form of muni****l self-government similar...