plantations is a form of:

Plantation



noun
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ចម្ការ អាណានិគម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.
2.
The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.
3.
An original settlement in a new country; a colony.