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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plan•ta•tion /plænˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a usually large farm or land area, maintained by workers who live there:a coffee plantation.
- Botanya group of planted trees or plants.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plan•ta•tion (plan tā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - a usually large farm or estate, esp. in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers.
- Botanya group of planted trees or plants.
- World History[Hist.]
- a colony or new settlement.
- the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
- [Archaic.]the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.
adj. - Clothing, Furniture(of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country.
- Latin plantātiōn- (stem of plantātiō) a planting. See plant (verb, verbal), -ation
- late Middle English plantacioune 1400–50
- Place Namesa town in S Florida. 48,501.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plantation /plænˈteɪʃən/ n - 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
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