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Definitions of Plantation:

  • noun:   a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
    Example: "The practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
  • noun:   an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
  • noun:   garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth


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