Category:Plantation

Plan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [l. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.]

1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for Growth. [r.]

2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of Ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the united States and west indies, a large estate appropriated to the production Of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on The estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.

3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. While these plantations were forming in connecticut. B. Trumbull.