Colony

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NOUN

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland

a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

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