Flo·ra (flôr  , fl r)n. Roman Mythology The goddess of flowers. [Latin Fl ra, from fls, flr-, flower; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.] |
| flo·ra (flôr, flr) n. pl. flo·ras or flo·rae (flôr   , flr) 1. Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time. 2. A treatise describing the plants of a region or time. 3. The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part: intestinal flora. [From Flora.] |
flora
Noun
all the plant life of a given place or time [Flora, Roman goddess of flowers]
| flora (flôr) Plural floras or florae (flôr ) 1. The plants of a particular region or time period. 2. The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part, such as the intestine. |
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| Noun | 1. |  flora - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole browse - vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day" growth - vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow mown, cut - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" |
| 2. |  flora - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy - the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size phytoplankton - photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host coca - dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect fugaciousness, fugacity - the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) circulation - free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate"; "a fan aids air circulation" botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants microflora - microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale endemic - a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island" holophyte - an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis non-flowering plant - a plant that does not bear flowers plantlet - a young plant or a small plant wilding - a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) ornamental - any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value pot plant - a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors) acrogen - any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem apomict - a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis aquatic - a plant that lives in or on water cryptogam - formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi annual - (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year biennial - (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season perennial - (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more escape - a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild hygrophyte - a plant that grows in a moist habitat neophyte - a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously embryo - (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium sporophyte - the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations gametophyte - the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations houseplant - any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes garden plant - any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus poisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant - plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it |
Translations
n flora [ˈfloːrə]
the plants of a district or country as a whole the flora and fauna of Borneo. plantegroei نَبات флора flóra flora; planteverden die Flora χλωρίδα flora floora گیاهان kasvisto flore עוֹלָם הַצוֹמֵחַ वनस्पति flora növényvilág flora flóra, gróðurríki flora 植物相 (지역 특유의) 식물군 augmenija, flora flora, augu valsts flora flora planteliv, flora flora flora floră флора flóra rastlinje flora flora พืชที่ขึ้นในเฉพาะพื้นที่ bitki örtüsü 植物群，植物區系 флора کسی خاص علاقے کے نباتات quần thực vật 植物群，植物区系
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