plantation

¹

[ plan-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. a large farm or estate in a tropical or semitropical zone, for the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugarcane, etc., typically by enslaved, unpaid, or low-wage resident laborers.
2. a group of planted trees or plants.
3. History/Historical.
   1. a colony or new settlement.
   2. the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
4. Archaic. the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.

adjective

1. (of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country.

Plantation

²

[ plan-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. a town in S Florida.

plantation

/ plænˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale
2. a group of cultivated trees or plants
3. (formerly) a colony or group of settlers
4. rare.
   the planting of seeds, shoots, etc

Other Words From

• plan·tation·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of plantation¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English plantacioune, from Latin plantātiōn- (stem of plantātiō ) “a planting”; plant (verb), -ation

Example Sentences

While it was handled by her record company, Plantation Records, more trouble arose as the company began to promote a white artist, Jannie C. Riley.

From Salon

His father owned a jazz club in Tulsa, Okla., then worked as a bartender at the Plantation Club, a jazz venue in the Watts section of Los Angeles.

From New York Times

Plantations, by contrast, had a very different energy distribution: food webs in canopies were less rich and less complex, and food webs in the soil were also changed.

From Science Daily

Washington was born Feb. 22, 1732, on Popes Creek Plantation near the Potomac River in Virginia.

From Seattle Times

He resides in the grounds of Plantation House, the island governor's official residence.

From BBC

Related Words

• estate
• homestead
• orchard
• ranch