Definition of Plantations. Meaning of Plantations. Synonyms of Plantations

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Definition of Plantations

Plantation
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.] 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.

Meaning of Plantations from wikipedia

- perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, coffee, tea...
- incorporation of Providence Plantations in Narragansett Bay in New England" by the Parliamentary committee on Foreign Plantations. After the English Civil...
- grown on plantations, and in southern and southeastern Asia, teak plantations have recently replaced the natural forest. Industrial plantations are actively...
- first plantations were in the 1550s, during the reign of Queen Mary I, in Laois ('Queen's County') and Offaly ('King's County'). These plantations were...
- of slavery, such plantations were generally self-sufficient settlements that relied on the forced labor of enslaved people. Plantations are an important...
- distances between the plantations and their markets, processing can reduce the bulk of the crop and lower shipping costs. Large plantations producing large...
- The BOH tea plantation, which is located in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, is also the largest tea plantation in the country. BOH Plantations was founded...
- several existing plantations. The company was listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange on February 28, 1932. In 1962, United Plantations Ltd. was merged...
- James VI and I. Small privately funded plantations by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while the official plantation began in 1609. Most of the land had...
- Anubhav Plantations was an Indian Chennai-based plantation company founded in 1992. It sold shares in teak plantations on guaranteed interests and later...