noun
plantation
plan-TAY-shuhn/plænˈteɪʃn/
A large area of land used for growing crops or trees.
Workers gather tea leaves from orderly rows across the plantation.
Etymology
Latin plantatio named the action of planting. In the estate sense, the focus shifted from planting crops to the large tract of land where those crops are cultivated.
In context
the plantation system is a large agricultural system where slaves were used for all aspects of labour
More examples
- The plantation grows several varieties of coffee.
- New tree plantations covered the hills.
- The history of that plantation included enslaved labor.
Forms
plantation · plantations