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Word: Plantation
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting the action of planting seeds): from Latin plantatio(n-), from the verb plantare ‘to plant’
plɑːnˈteɪʃn
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.
Short Definition:estate on which crops are grown
colonization or settlement of emigrants, especially of English and then Scottish families in Ireland in the 16th–17th centuries under government sponsorship
Short Definition:settlement of emigrants
Examples:- the Plantation of Ulster
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