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flora en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/ˈflɔː.ɹə/

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) Plants 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. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
(countable, uncountable) A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
- The garden is also involved in producing floras of North and Central America, Madagascar, and various countries in South America and Africa. 1990 August, Boyd Gibbons, “Missouri's Garden of Consequence”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, pages 138-140:
- 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 he was able to procure. 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles:
- 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. 2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age, page 26:
(countable, uncountable) The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
- The host effects upon the flora of both the small intestine and the large intestine must be examined. 1977, United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, page 191:
- […] Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides and Spirochetes that characterize the flora of the large intestine. 2013 March 31, Chetana Vaishnavi, Infections of the Gastrointestinal System, JP Medical Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:
- 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 constituents. 2003 December 11, Moselio Schaechter, Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 520:
- gut flora, intestinal flora

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
florae	Number=Plur	lexicographic
floræ	Number=Plur	lexicographic
floras	Number=Plur	lexicographic

Synonyms

microflora (microorganisms)

Translations (68)

de Flora (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · id karya nabatah (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · fr flore intestinale (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · gl flora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · ro floră microbială (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · id tetumbuhan (plants considered as a group) · mi ngāi tipu (plants considered as a group) · cmn 植物志 (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · id karya flora (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · id nabatah (plants considered as a group) · ka ფლორა (plants considered as a group) · pl flora (plants considered as a group) · sv flora (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · fa پوشش گیاهی (plants considered as a group) · ru фло́ра (plants considered as a group) · fi mikrobisto (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · id mikroflora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · pt flora (plants considered as a group) · hu flóra (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · ru фло́ра (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · de Pflanzenwelt (plants considered as a group) · de Pflanzenreich (plants considered as a group) · eo flaŭro (plants considered as a group) · ja 植物誌 (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · el χλωρίδα (plants considered as a group) · ro floră (plants considered as a group) · da flora (plants considered as a group) · is gróðurríki (plants considered as a group) · it flora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · hu flóra (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · fi mikrofloora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · is flóra (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · hi वनस्पतिजात (plants considered as a group) · fa فلور طبیعی (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · it flora (plants considered as a group) · hu flóra (plants considered as a group) · et taimestik (plants considered as a group) · cs flóra (plants considered as a group) · et taimeriik (plants considered as a group) · fr flore (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · fi kasvisto (plants considered as a group) · vo planem (plants considered as a group) · es flora (plants considered as a group) · is flóra (plants considered as a group) · lt augalija (plants considered as a group) · ro floră (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · fr flore (plants considered as a group) · da planteliv (plants considered as a group) · ru фло́ра (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · de Flora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · et floora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · ro floră bacterială (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · cs květena (plants considered as a group) · sv flora (plants considered as a group) · de Flora (plants considered as a group) · tl talahalmanan (plants considered as a group) · gl flora (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · fa گیاگان (plants considered as a group) · fi kasvio (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · et floora (plants considered as a group) · gl flora (plants considered as a group) · ro floră intestinală (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · fi floora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · sv flora (the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body) · cmn 植物群 (plants considered as a group) · ja 植物相 (plants considered as a group) · is flóra (a book describing the plants of a country etc.) · eo plantaro (plants considered as a group)