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• Plantation — Plan*ta tion, n. [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plantation — [plan tā′shən] n. [L plantatio < plantare, to PLANT] 1. Archaic a colony or new settlement ☆ 2. an area growing cultivated crops 3. an estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it [a sugar plantation] 4.… …   English World dictionary

• plantation — ► NOUN 1) a large estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown. 2) an area in which trees have been planted …   English terms dictionary

• Plantation — For other uses, see Plantation (disambiguation). A pine plantation in the United States. Plantations are usually easily distinguished from natural forests by the trees being planted in straight lines. A plantation is a large artificially… …   Wikipedia

• plantation — [[t]plɑːnte͟ɪʃ(ə)n, plæn [/t]] plantations 1) N COUNT A plantation is a large piece of land, especially in a tropical country, where crops such as rubber, coffee, tea, or sugar are grown. ...banana plantations in Costa Rica. 2) N COUNT A… …   English dictionary

• Trees of Maharashtra — Introduction =Maharashtra is rich in arboreal flora. Maharashtra has got various types of forests including evergreen forest to moist deciduous forests and dry deciduous forests to thorny scrubs. Trees in Maharashtra are distributed in various… …   Wikipedia

• plantation — plantationlike, adj. /plan tay sheuhn/, n. 1. a usually large farm or estate, esp. in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers. 2. a group of planted …   Universalium

• plantation — UK [plɑːnˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US [plænˈteɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms plantation : singular plantation plural plantations 1) a large farm where crops such as tea, coffee, cotton, and sugar are grown a sugar plantation 2) a large group of trees… …   English dictionary

• plantation — plan•ta•tion [[t]plænˈteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) an estate, esp. in a tropical or semitropical country, usu. worked by resident laborers: a coffee plantation[/ex] 2) bot a group of planted trees or plants 3) why a colony or new settlement 4) archaic the… …   From formal English to slang

• plantation — n. 1 an estate on which cotton, tobacco, etc. is cultivated, esp. in former colonies, formerly by slave labour. 2 an area planted with trees etc. 3 hist. a colony; colonization. Phrases and idioms: plantation song a song of the kind formerly sung …   Useful english dictionary

• Plantation — n. 1 an estate on which cotton, tobacco, etc. is cultivated, esp. in former colonies, formerly by slave labour. 2 an area planted with trees etc. 3 hist. a colony; colonization. Phrases and idioms: plantation song a song of the kind formerly sung …   Useful english dictionary