/ˈflɔː.ɹə/
OriginFrom Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).
- countable, uncountablePlants 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.”
- countable, uncountableA 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”
“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.”
- countable, uncountableThe 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.”
“Approximately 3% of healthy adults harbor C. difficile in the intestinal tract. […] In contrast, the flora of the cecum is predominantly gram negative, with Bacteroides and Selenomonas being the major”
- Romanthe 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 municipality of Norway.
- A city in Illinois.
- A resort in Suriname.
- A municipality of the Philippines.
- A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
- A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
- A village in Norway.
Formsfloras(plural) · florae(plural) · floræ(plural)