plantation

: a large area of land especially in a hot part of the world where crops (such as cotton) are grown

◊ Because slaves worked on cotton plantations in the southern U.S. in the past, the word plantation is often associated with the history of slavery in the U.S.

• He compared the situation of black college basketball players to the plantation. [=compared the college basketball system to slavery]

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: a group of trees that have been planted together