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   plantation

   /plɑːnˈteɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.
   • ▪ an area in which trees have been planted, especially for commercial purposes: "new conifer plantations"
   • 2. colonization or settlement of emigrants, especially of English and then Scottish families in Ireland in the 16th–17th centuries under government sponsorship: "the Plantation of Ulster"
   • ▪ a colony. historical

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the action of planting seeds): from Latin plantatio(n-), from the verb plantare ‘to plant’.

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