flora
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flora¹
- /ˈflɔː.ɹə/
Rhymes with -ɔːɹə
Where it comes from
From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).
noun floras · florae · floræ
- 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.
- A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. The garden is also involved in producing floras of North and Central America, Madagascar, and various countries in South America and Africa.
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The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
gut flora, intestinal flora
Similar: microflora
Flora²
- /ˈflɔːɹə/
Sounds like flora · Rhymes with -ɔːɹə
Where it comes from
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
proper noun
- 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.
- 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
- 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, […]
- A surname.
- A former community in Alachua County, Florida, annexed by Gainesville.
- A city in Clay County, Illinois.
- A township in Boone County, Illinois.
- A town in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
- A township in Dickinson County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
- A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
- A town in Madison County, Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
- A ghost town in Meigs County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon.
- A resort in Suriname.
- A municipality of the Philippines.
- A village in Selbu municipality, Trøndelag county, Norway.
- A former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: plant, vegetation, plant life, flower, floral, wildlife, animal, fauna, biota, species, life, extinction, living, flores, flowers, animals
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noun plants considered as a group
| Español | flora |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 植物相 shokubutsusō |
| 中文 | 植物群 zhíwùqún |
| हिन्दी | वनस्पतिजात vanaspatijāt |
| Português | flora |
| Français | flore |
| Deutsch | Flora, Pflanzenreich, Pflanzenwelt |
| Italiano | flora |
| Ελληνικά | χλωρίδα chlorída |
| Română | floră |
| Русский | фло́ра flóra |
noun a book describing the plants of a country etc.
| 日本語 | 植物誌 shokubutsushi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 植物志 zhíwùzhì |
| Français | flore |
| Deutsch | Flora |
| Русский | фло́ра flóra |
noun the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
| Français | flore intestinale |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Flora |
| Italiano | flora |
| Română | floră, floră microbială, floră bacterială, floră intestinală |
| Русский | фло́ра flóra |
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