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plantation

[plan-tey-shuhn] / plænˈteɪ ʃən /


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More than 1,300 people from around 70 countries are estimated to attend the Habano Festival each year to sample cigars from Cuba's producers, as well as visit tobacco plantations and factories.

From BBC

It saw "no active plantation... indicating that the clearing is infrastructure driven".

From Barron's

Were he alive today, the father of our country—who was also a forgiving man, cognizant of his own potential errors—might well be pleased with recent activities at his plantation on the Potomac.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whether the Koru's deck is also illegal Myanmar teak – or comes from legal plantations elsewhere – is under investigation in Germany, where the first importer of the deck's wood appears to have been based.

From BBC

Spliced into these stories, and to some extent giving the novel its structure, is the cautionary tale of Ford’s failed rubber plantation in Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal