noun
Refers to a large-scale farm or estate, especially in tropical or subtropical regions, where crops like coffee, sugar, or rubber are cultivated. Often implies a historical or colonial context.
この島には広大なサトウキビのプランテーションがある。
There is a vast sugarcane plantation on this island.
農園 is a general term for a farm or plantation, often smaller in scale and without the colonial or large-scale monoculture connotation of プランテーション.
Borrowed from English 'plantation'.