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plantation 音标拼音: [pl ,ænt'eʃən] n. 耕地,森林,殖民 耕地,森林,殖民 plantation n 1: an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale ( especially in tropical areas) 2: a newly established colony ( especially in the colonization of North America); " the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century" 3: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [ synonym: { grove}, { woodlet}, { orchard}, { plantation}] Plantation \ Plan* ta" tion\, 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] 76 Moby Thesaurus words for " plantation": anchorage, arable land, barnyard, barton, cattle ranch, chicken farm, clump, collective farm, colonization, cotton plantation, croft, crop, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dude ranch, empeoplement, establishment, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, fixation, foundation, fruit farm, fur farm, grain farm, grange, grassland, growth, hacienda, hassock, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, inauguration, inhabiting, initiation, installation, installment, investiture, kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, lodgment, mains, manor farm, mooring, orchard, pasture, pen, peoplement, peopling, planting, population, poultry farm, ranch, rancheria, rancho, settlement, settling, sheep farm, stand, station, steading, stock farm, toft, truck farm, tuft, tussockPlantation, FL -- U. S. city in Florida Population ( 2000): 82934 Housing Units ( 2000): 34999 Land area ( 2000): 21. 737874 sq. miles ( 56. 300832 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 193331 sq. miles ( 0. 500726 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 21. 931205 sq. miles ( 56. 801558 sq. km) FIPS code: 57425 Located within: Florida ( FL), FIPS 12 Location: 26. 124354 N, 80. 249503 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 33317 33324 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Plantation, FL Plantation
Plantation, FL -- U. S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population ( 2000): 4168 Housing Units ( 2000): 2837 Land area ( 2000): 2. 447822 sq. miles ( 6. 339829 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 003509 sq. miles ( 0. 009087 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 2. 451331 sq. miles ( 6. 348916 sq. km) FIPS code: 57450 Located within: Florida ( FL), FIPS 12 Location: 27. 063568 N, 82. 370146 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 33317 33324 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Plantation, FL Plantation
Plantation, KY -- U. S. city in Kentucky Population ( 2000): 902 Housing Units ( 2000): 375 Land area ( 2000): 0. 201770 sq. miles ( 0. 522582 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 201770 sq. miles ( 0. 522582 sq. km) FIPS code: 61554 Located within: Kentucky ( KY), FIPS 21 Location: 38. 283420 N, 85. 591635 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Plantation, KY Plantation |
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