as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Located on the historic Santa Barbara plantation, the jagged limestone peak is accessible at four different points with routes up to 164 feet high (50 meters), depending on your athletic ability.
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Curaçao Tourist Board, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Dinah Miller, an enslaved woman who was brought to the plantation in 1859, sparked the community’s generational interest in quilting.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
Environmental groups say logging doesn't address these issues, in part because natural, mature forests are more resilient to wildfire than timber plantations would be.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
The frenzy of amethyst flowers usually erupts at the Lake Balaton plantation in July, give or take a month, and it is accompanied by hundreds of darting butterflies.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
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Curaçao Tourist Board, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Dinah Miller, an enslaved woman who was brought to the plantation in 1859, sparked the community’s generational interest in quilting.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
Environmental groups say logging doesn't address these issues, in part because natural, mature forests are more resilient to wildfire than timber plantations would be.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
The frenzy of amethyst flowers usually erupts at the Lake Balaton plantation in July, give or take a month, and it is accompanied by hundreds of darting butterflies.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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