[pā son] (n, exp) EN: pine forest ; pineryFR: pinède [ f ] ; bois de pins [ m ] ; plantation de pins [ f ] ; pineraie[ f ] (r.) ; pinière [ f ] (r.) ; pignada = pignade [ f ] (rég.)
(n) a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America), Example:the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century
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n. [ L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation. ] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. [ 1913 Webster ]
While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. B. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
[その(P);えん(P), sono (P); en (P)] (n, n-suf) (1) (えん usually when a suffix) (See りんご園) garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation; (2) (See 学びの園) place; location; (P)#1581