colony
n 1: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties
with their homeland [syn: {settlement}]
2: a group of animals of the same type living together
3: a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state [syn:
{territory}, {dominion}, {territorial dominion}, {province},
{mandate}]
4: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original
states of the United States [syn: {Colony}]
5: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single
parent cell