plantation
/plænˈteɪʃən/noun
1.1
- often with modifier an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown（种植咖啡、甘蔗、烟草等作物的）种植园, 种植场, 大农场, 庄园。
1.2
- an area in which trees have been planted, especially for commercial purposes人工林场, 苗木场。
1.3
- mass noun（常作Plantation）colonization or the settlement of emigrants, especially of English and then Scottish families in Ireland in the 16th-17th centuries under government sponsorship（尤指16-17世纪政府赞助英格兰和苏格兰家庭移民在爱尔兰建立的）殖民地, 新开垦地。
1.4
- historical a colony〈史〉殖民地。
词源
late Middle English (denoting the action of planting seeds)： from Latin plantatio（n-）， from the verb plantare 'to plant'.