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colonies definition
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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)
colonies definition