plantation

n. large farm, large area for growing crops; large farming estate; original settlement in a new country, colony

Fundamentally, a plantation is usually a large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or trees and the like are cultivated, usually by resident laborers.A plantation is an intentional planting of a crop, on a larger scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. The term is currently most often used for plantings of trees and shrubs. The term tends also to be used for plantings maintained on economic bases other than that of subsistence farming.
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Noun
1. a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
(hypernym) colony, settlement
(classification) North America

Noun
1. an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
(hypernym) estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
2. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
(synonym) grove, woodlet, orchard
(hypernym) garden
(hyponym) apple orchard

n. plantation, seeding

(n.)
The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.
  

(n.)
The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.
  

(n.)
An original settlement in a new country; a colony.