PLANTATION

grove, woodlet, orchard, plantation

(noun) garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

Plantation

(noun) 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”

plantation

(noun) an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

plantation (countable and uncountable, plural plantations)

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 for commercial purposes.

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Plan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition