1) Acres 2) City of the Americas 3) City of the USA 4) City in the Americas 5) City in the USA 6) City in North America 7) City in the US 8) City of North America 9) City of the US 10) City of the United States 11) City in Florida 12) City in the United States 13) City of Florida 14) Demesne 15) Estate
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1) Acres 2) Estate 3) Orchard 4) Woodlet
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A plantation is a long, artificially-established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption. The term plantation is informal and not precisely defined. Plantations are developed on a large scale as the crops are grown for commercial purposes, not for local consumption....
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[Maine] In the U.S. state of Maine, a plantation is a type of minor civil division falling between township (or unorganized territory) and town. The term, as used in this sense in modern times, appears to be exclusive to Maine. Plantations are typically found in sparsely populated areas. Author Richard Walden Hale in The Story of Bar Harbor...
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[settlement or colony] Plantation was an early method of colonization in which settlers were `planted` abroad in order to establish a permanent or semi-permanent colonial base. Such plantations were also frequently intended to promote Western culture and Christianity among nearby indigenous peoples, as can be seen in the early East-Coast pl...
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crop of artificially sown or planted trees (E, 179); enclosure containing trees deliberately planted, unlikely to renew themselves once felled without ground preparation and careful replanting (R 169)
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• (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.) An o...
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(from the article `Ireland`) ...otherwise the Tudor regulations of authority were observed. The pope was induced to recognize the conversion of the Tudor Irish lordship into a ... ...of the O`Neills and even of loyal Gaelic lords were declared forfeit in 1569, and, in a wave of enthusiasm for colonization, various questionable ... .....
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(from the article `Southern Africa`) ...Plateau, which probably were formed by refugees from the Imbangala and Mbundu kingdoms in the late 16th and 17th centuries, displaced Kasanje as ... ...of sugarcane, especially its harvesting, required heavy manual labour. Harvested cane was sent to a mill for grinding within a few hours after ......
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A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species.
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1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. ... 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; especially, 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 t...
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An intensively managed stand of trees of either native or introduced species, created by the regular placement of seedlings or seed
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Woodland entirely planted that may or may not be managed for the commercial exploitation of the trees timber. It may contain native or exotic (non native) species. Plantations can be classed as ancient if they occupy an area that has been continuously wooded for 400 years but they may not be classed as semi natural.
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crop of artificially sown or planted trees (E, 179); enclosure containing trees deliberately planted, unlikely to renew themselves once felled without ground preparation and careful replanting (R 169)
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a large farm employing many people to grow one or more crops for commercial sale or export
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Plan·ta'tion noun [ Latin
plantatio : confer French
plantation .]
1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [ R.]
2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United ...
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A plantation is an assemblage of planted and growing plants.
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n] - an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) 2. [n] - a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
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noun 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`
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Large farm or estate where commercial production of one crop – such as rubber (in Malaysia), palm oil (in Nigeria), or tea (in Sri Lanka) – is carried out. Plantations are usually owned by large companies, often multinational corporations, and run by an estate manager. Many plantations were...
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