Dictionary Check: plantation
"plantation" is a valid word!
Scrabble
12
points
Words with Friends
16
points
Definition
noun
a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
Example:
"the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
noun
an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
noun
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
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