Main entry: colony
Definition: a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
Main entry: colony
Definition: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
Main entry: settlement, colony
Definition: 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
Usage: the American colony in Paris
Main entry: dependency, colony
Definition: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
Main entry: colony
Definition: a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
Usage: a nudist colony; an artists' colony
Main entry: Colony
Definition: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States