plantation

plantation
A place brought under cultivation and planted with crops or trees. A large farm. Atty. Gen. v S. B. Judges, 38 Cal 291, 295. A large area of land, cultivated by workers who live upon the land, usually devoted to the raising in quantity of one or two crops, such as cotton, sugar cane, or rice, often given special character by the owner's mansion upon the premises. For discussion of the construction of a devise of a "plantation," see 57 Am J1st Wills § 1342.

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  • plantation — [ plɑ̃tasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe, rare av. XVIe; planteson 1190; lat. plantatio I ♦ 1 ♦ Action, manière de planter. Plantation à la bêche, au plantoir. Faire des plantations dans un jardin. La plantation d un arbre. Plantation en ligne, en carré, en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Plantation — Plantation, FL U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 82934 Housing Units (2000): 34999 Land area (2000): 21.737874 sq. miles (56.300832 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.193331 sq. miles (0.500726 sq. km) Total area (2000): 21.931205 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Plantation — bezeichnet: mehrere Ortschaften in den Vereinigten Staaten: Plantation (Broward County), Florida Plantation (Sarasota County), Florida Plantation (Kentucky) Umsiedlungen in der Geschichte Irlands, siehe Plantation (Irland). eine Verwaltungsform… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Plantation, FL — U.S. city in Florida Population (2000): 82934 Housing Units (2000): 34999 Land area (2000): 21.737874 sq. miles (56.300832 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.193331 sq. miles (0.500726 sq. km) Total area (2000): 21.931205 sq. miles (56.801558 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Plantation — Plan*ta tion, n. [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plantation, KY — U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 902 Housing Units (2000): 375 Land area (2000): 0.201770 sq. miles (0.522582 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.201770 sq. miles (0.522582 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • plantation — [plan tā′shən] n. [L plantatio < plantare, to PLANT] 1. Archaic a colony or new settlement ☆ 2. an area growing cultivated crops 3. an estate, as in a tropical or semitropical region, cultivated by workers living on it [a sugar plantation] 4.… …   English World dictionary

  • plantation — (n.) mid 15c., action of planting, from M.Fr. plantation, from L. plantationem (nom. plantatio) a planting, from plantare to plant (see PLANT (Cf. plant)). Historically used for colony, settlement in a new land (1610s); meaning large farm on… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Plantation — Plantation, Hafenplatz und Dampferstation in Südkamerun, nahe der Mündung des Lokundsche …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • plantation — [n] large farm estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, orchard, ranch, vineyard; concepts 258,449,509,517 …   New thesaurus

  • plantation — ► NOUN 1) a large estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown. 2) an area in which trees have been planted …   English terms dictionary

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