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"
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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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