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Plantation city (1990 pop. 66,692), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1953. The city has grown rapidly along with the development of S Florida. Major housing developments and the presence of banking companies have marked Plantation's urban boom. The National Hockey League's Florida Panthers play in neighboring Sunrise.

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plantation an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown, especially in former colonies and as once worked by slaves.
plantation song a song of the kind formerly sung by black slaves on American plantations.

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plantation A closely set stand of trees (other than an orchard) which has been planted by humans and usually comprises one or two species grown on land cleared for the purpose and harvested like an arable crop. Plantations do not maintain themselves.

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