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flora

noun

  1. group of plants in a given area
  2. inventory of plant species in a given region
  3. collective bacteria and other microorganisms in a host
  4. camouflage pattern
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Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːɹə/ / /ˈflɔː.ɹə/

name

Etymology: From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

  1. the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
  2. 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
  3. A female given name from Latin.

    “What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, […]”

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noun

Etymology: From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).

  1. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

    “Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.”

  2. A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.

    “He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.”

    “Nowhere was the victory of Linnaeanism more complete than in Britain. When William Hudson's Flora Anglica, organized in the Linnaean manner, appeared in 1762, it displaced all previous floras.”

  3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.

    “gut flora, intestinal flora”

    “The host effects upon the flora of both the small intestine and the large intestine must be examined.”