Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - plantation

n. 1 an estate on which cotton, tobacco, etc. is cultivated, esp. in former colonies, formerly by slave labour. 2 an area planted with trees etc. 3 hist. a colony; colonization. Phrases and idioms plantation song a song of the kind formerly sung by Blacks on American plantations. Etymology: ME f. OF plantation or L plantatio (as PLANT)