| 单词 | plantation |
| 释义 | plantation —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 trees or plants. 3. Hist. a. a colony or new settlement. b. the establishment of a colony or new settlement. 4. Archaic. the planting of seeds, young trees, etc. adj. 5. (of clothing, furnishings, etc.) suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country. [1400-50; late ME plantacioune < L plantation- (s. of plantatio) a planting. See PLANT (V.), -ATION] |
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