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flo·ra

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–noun, plural flo·ras, flo·rae

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1.	the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.

2.	a work systematically describing such plants.

3.	plants, as distinguished from fauna.

4.	the aggregate of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms normally occurring on or in the bodies of humans and other animals: intestinal flora.

[Origin: 1655–65; < NL, L Flōra the Roman goddess of flowers (used from the 17th cent. in the titles of botanical works), deriv. of L flōr- (s. of flōs) flower

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Flo·ra

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–noun

a female given name.

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n. pl. flo·ras or flo·rae (flôr'ē', flōr'ē')

Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
A treatise describing the plants of a region or time.
The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part: intestinal flora.

[From Flora.]

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n. Roman Mythology
The goddess of flowers.

[Latin Flōra, from flōs, flōr-, flower; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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flora

1777, "the plant life of a region or epoch," from L. Flora Roman goddess of flowers, from flos (gen. floris) "flower," from *flo-s-, Italic suffixed form of PIE *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole). Used as the title of descriptive plant catalogues since 1647, but popularized by Linnaeus in his 1745 study of Swedish plants, "Flora Suecica." The adj. floral is attested 1647, from Fr. floral, from L. floralis "of flowers."

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flora
noun
1.	all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation] [ant: fauna]
2.	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion [syn: plant]

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flora [ˈfloːrə] noun

the plants of a district or country as a whole
Example: the flora and fauna of Borneo

Arabic:	نَبات
Chinese (Simplified):	植物群，植物区系
Chinese (Traditional):	植物群，植物區系
Czech:	flóra
Danish:	flora; planteverden
Dutch:	flora
Estonian:	floora
Finnish:	kasvisto
French:	flore
German:	die Flora
Greek:	χλωρίδα
Hungarian:	növényvilág
Icelandic:	flóra, gróðurríki
Indonesian:	flora
Italian:	flora

Japanese:	植物相
Korean:	(지역 특유의) 식물군
Latvian:	flora, augu valsts
Lithuanian:	augmenija, flora
Norwegian:	planteliv, flora
Polish:	flora
Portuguese (Brazil):	flora
Portuguese (Portugal):	flora
Romanian:	floră
Russian:	флора
Slovak:	flóra
Slovenian:	rastlinje
Spanish:	flora
Swedish:	flora
Turkish:	bitki örtüsü

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Plural floras or florae (flôr'ē')

The plants of a particular region or time period.
The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part, such as the intestine.

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flora [(flawr-uh)]

Plants, especially the plants of a particular place and time.

[Chapter:] Life Sciences

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Flora Vista, NM (CDP, FIPS 26360) Location: 36.80215 N, 108.08198 W
Population (1990): 1021 (362 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 87415

Flora, IL (city, FIPS 26454) Location: 38.67049 N, 88.47877 W
Population (1990): 5054 (2291 housing units)
Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62839

Flora, IN (town, FIPS 23692) Location: 40.54494 N, 86.52336 W
Population (1990): 2179 (929 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46929

Flora, MS (town, FIPS 24940) Location: 32.54742 N, 90.31197 W
Population (1990): 1482 (540 housing units)
Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 39071

Flora, ND Zip code(s): 58348

Glen Flora, WI (village, FIPS 29475) Location: 45.49676 N, 90.89305 W
Population (1990): 108 (49 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Flora

Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]

1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.

2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

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