Real Dictionary

plantation
countable noun: A plantation is a large piece of land, especially in a tropical country, where crops such as rubber, coffee, tea, or sugar are grown.

Plantation in American English
a colony or new settlement
city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 83,000
adjective: suitable for a plantation or for a tropical or semitropical country
noun: a usually large farm or estate, esp. in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers

plantation in British English
noun: an estate, esp in tropical countries, where cash crops such as rubber, oil palm, etc, are grown on a large scale