Flora Definition
flôrə
florae, floras
noun
floras
Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
American Heritage Medicine
The plants of a specified region or time.
The flora of Africa.
Webster's New World
The goddess of flowers.
Webster's New World
The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part.
Intestinal flora.
American Heritage Medicine
A descriptive, systematic list of such plants.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- plant
- plant life
- botany
- vegetation
- plants
- verdure
- vegetable life
Antonyms:
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary
(astronomy) Short for 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Flora
Noun
Singular:
flora
Plural:
florae, florasOrigin of Flora
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Latin Flōra from flōs flōr- flower bhel-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin Flora (“goddess of flowers”)
From Wiktionary
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From Latin Flōra (“Flowers, Spring”)
From Wiktionary
From Flora
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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