Grep of noun colony
colony
massachusetts bay colony
old colony
plymouth colony
proprietary colony
Overview of noun colony
The noun colony has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) colony, settlement -- (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
2. (2) colony -- (a group of animals of the same type living together)
3. Colony -- (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States)
4. colony -- ((microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell)
Overview of noun colony
The noun colony has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) colony, settlement -- (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
2. (2) colony -- (a group of animals of the same type living together)
3. Colony -- (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States)
4. colony -- ((microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell)
colony definition
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