COLONY

Definition of COLONY

(noun)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
(noun)a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
(noun)a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
(noun)a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
(noun)(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell