Flora

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈflɔː.rÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɔːrÉ™

Origin

From Latin Flora ("goddess of flowers")

Full definition of flora

Noun

1. plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|viiiThirdly, 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 etc.
3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

Synonyms

• (microorganisms) microflora

Coordinate terms

• fauna