Plan-tā'tion, n.
[Lat. plantatio, Fr. plantation, Pr. plantacio, Sp. plantacion, It. piantazione, piantagione.]
Sense 1. The act of planting. [Rare.]
Sense 2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; ground occupied by trees or vegetables which have been planted; especially, in the United States and West Indies, a large estate, cultivated chiefly by negroes, either slaves or free, who live in a distinct community on the estate, under the control of the proprietor or master.
Sense 3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. “While these plantations were forming in Connecticut.” B. Trumbull.