- a large farm or estate in a tropical or semitropical zone, for the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugarcane, etc., typically by enslaved, unpaid, or low-wage resident laborers.
- a group of planted trees or plants.
- History/Historical.
- a colony or new settlement.
- the establishment of a colony or new settlement.
- the planting of seeds, young trees, etc.
- (of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country.
- a town in S Florida.
- an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale
- a group of cultivated trees or plants
- (formerly) a colony or group of settlers
- the planting of seeds, shoots, etc
