plantation
plantation Lexical Profile
plantation Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large agricultural estate, typically in a tropical or subtropical region, on which cash crops such as coffee, sugar, rubber, cotton, or tobacco are cultivated on an industrial scale.
"The region's economy once relied heavily on vast tea and coffee plantations situated along the fertile hillsides."
An area densely planted with trees or plants of a single type, typically cultivated for commercial timber or forestry conservation.
"The forestry service established a pine plantation to restore the degraded watershed and supply sustainable timber."
Historically, a settlement or colony established in a new territory by a group of settlers, such as in 17th-century Ireland or North America.
"Early colonial charters referred to the coastal settlements in New England as plantations."
Word Nuance & Usage
In American historical and cultural contexts, the word carries profound sensitivity due to its association with chattel slavery in the antebellum South.
• Rhymes for plantation
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 15th century from Middle French plantation and directly from Latin plantatio ('a planting'), a noun of action from plantare ('to plant').