Term Gallery logo

Meanings of little colonies in English

We have no meanings for "little colonies" in our records yet.
Usage of little colonies in English
1
Clusters of crocus were planted in elegant little colonies.
The Irish Times
2
You find out, also, how gregarious the strawberry is,-thatthe different varieties exist in little colonies about the field.
Locusts and Wild Honey
3
The open places, where little colonies of pine sprouts grew, seemed generally to be down-slope from the parent trees.
The Young Forester
4
Others had succeeded, had formed little colonies, and become the heads of villages in due time; why should not they?
Lost in the Backwoods: A Tale of the Canadian Forest
5
I am keen to create little colonies of Mediterranean plants in the less-travelled parts of the paths, mimicking the maquis of Italy.
The Guardian
6
Well-trodden pathways through the forest led to little colonies of the natives on the banks of retired creeks and rivulets in the interior.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
7
She had always liked the pioneer outlook, the longing to break new trails, the starting of little colonies in clearings of one's own making.
Kit of Greenacre Farm
8
Little colonies of Sisters, planted here and there, annexed parish after parish.
The True Woman / A Series of Discourses, to Which Is Added Woman...
9
The thirteen little Colonies of North America habitually called themselves the "Continent."
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
This collocation consists of: