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Plantation

British pronunciation/plɑːntˈe‍ɪʃən/
American pronunciation/ˌpɫænˈteɪʃən/
Plantation
[NOUN]
1

a large piece of land used for growing sugar cane, coffee, tea, etc., particularly in a hot country

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2

garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

synonyms : grove
orchard
woodlet
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3

a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)

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Examples
1And for every ton of fruit, plantations produce 2 tons of debris.
2Another excellent accompaniment are fried green plantations.
3Their plantations produce tons of sugarcane, hugely profitable business.
4And parts of southern Mexico that peonage tied laborers to plantations as effectively as violence.
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