1. a large farm, especially in a tropical or subtropical region, where crops such as cotton, sugar, or coffee are grown
2. a large area where trees or other plants have been planted, especially for commercial purposes
3. the act of planting or establishing something
Usage: formal

Examples

• The cotton plantation covered thousands of acres in the South.
• Workers harvested sugar cane on the tropical plantation.
• The pine plantation will be ready for logging in twenty years.
• They visited a historic plantation that is now a museum.
• The rubber plantation employed hundreds of local workers.
• A eucalyptus plantation was established to provide timber.
• The plantation of new colonies required careful planning.