What is the meaning of Plantation?

noun

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