Plantation

  • 21plantation — 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 …

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  • 22plantation — noun for growing a crop ADJECTIVE ▪ coconut, coffee, cotton, rubber, sugar, tea, etc. VERB + PLANTATION ▪ work …

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  • 23plantation — nf., (d arbres fruitiers) : PLyANTACHON (Annecy, Villards Thônes | Albanais.001). A1) plantation de jeunes sapins : élèvêyî nm. (Saxel). A2) plantation en lignes d arbres forestiers (de peupliers dans les marais d Albens) : résse nfpl. (001,… …

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  • 24plantation — 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 …

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  • 25Plantation — 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 …

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  • 26plantation — noun Date: 15th century 1. a usually large group of plants and especially trees under cultivation 2. a settlement in a new country or region < Plymouth Plantation > 3. a. a place that is planted or under cultivation b. an agricultural estate&#8230; …

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  • 27plantation — Synonyms and related words: anchorage, arable land, barnyard, barton, cattle ranch, chicken farm, clump, collective farm, colonization, cotton plantation, croft, crop, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dude ranch, empeoplement,&#8230; …

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  • 28plantation — n. a coffee; cotton; rubber; sugar; tea plantation * * * cotton rubber sugar tea a coffee …

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  • 29plantation — plan|ta|tion [plænˈteıʃən, pla:n US plæn ] n 1.) a large area of land in a hot country, where crops such as tea, cotton, and sugar are grown ▪ a rubber plantation 2.) a large group of trees grown to produce wood …

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  • 30plantation — plan|ta|tion [ plæn teıʃn ] noun count 1. ) a large farm where crops such as tea, coffee, cotton, and sugar are grown: a sugar plantation 2. ) a large group of trees that are grown to be cut down for wood …

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