plantation meaning and definition

PLANTATION noun

Definition of plantation (noun)

1. an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
2. a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
   • "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
3. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
   • synonyms: grove, orchard, woodlet