plantation

/plæntˈeɪʃʌn/

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Noun
an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
Noun
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"
Noun
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth