as in colonies
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Recent Examples of plantations
Yet by the mid-20th century, for no apparent reason, the species disappeared from coffeehouses and plantations.
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Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Robusta entered the scene much later than arabica, described by a Belgian botanist only in 1898, when a fungal disease called leaf rust decimated plantations of arabica at the turn of the 20th century.
—Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
When the price dropped, the narrator and the friend starting calling everyone who might know what was going on at Ghana’s cocoa plantations.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Latta Place redesign plan A steering committee made up of county staff, historians, scholars, community leaders and descendants helped guide the county’s efforts and traveled to other former slave plantations as part of their work.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025
County leaders have spent the subsequent years studying how leaders at other former plantations have confronted the past.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
During his tours to ylang-ylang plantations and essential oil distilleries, Rasambainarivo shows travelers the intricate process of flower harvesting and distillation.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
At a time when most African Americans were still enslaved on farms and plantations in the Antebellum South, Poynor was a prolific furniture maker who was admired by white society for his skills as a craftsman.
—Troy McMullen, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Approximately half of the kids lived in the same household as workers from flower plantations.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Robusta entered the scene much later than arabica, described by a Belgian botanist only in 1898, when a fungal disease called leaf rust decimated plantations of arabica at the turn of the 20th century.
—Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
When the price dropped, the narrator and the friend starting calling everyone who might know what was going on at Ghana’s cocoa plantations.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Latta Place redesign plan A steering committee made up of county staff, historians, scholars, community leaders and descendants helped guide the county’s efforts and traveled to other former slave plantations as part of their work.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025
County leaders have spent the subsequent years studying how leaders at other former plantations have confronted the past.
—Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
During his tours to ylang-ylang plantations and essential oil distilleries, Rasambainarivo shows travelers the intricate process of flower harvesting and distillation.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
At a time when most African Americans were still enslaved on farms and plantations in the Antebellum South, Poynor was a prolific furniture maker who was admired by white society for his skills as a craftsman.
—Troy McMullen, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Approximately half of the kids lived in the same household as workers from flower plantations.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Plantations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantations. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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