Meaning of flora | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
   countable, uncountable
2. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc
3. the 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.
   Roman
4. The goddess of flowers.
5. A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
   countable, uncountable
6. A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc
7. 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
8. The plants of a particular region or time period: desert flora; prehistoric flora.
9. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
   countable, uncountable
10. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
11. A female given name from Latin.
12. All plants occupying a major geographical region.
13. A surname.
14. the plants of a district or country as a whole. the flora and fauna of Borneo. plantegroei نَبات флора flora flóra die Flora flora; planteverden χλωρίδαflora floora گیاهان kasvisto flore עוֹלָם הַצוֹמֵחַ वनस्पति flora növényvilág flora flóra, gróðurríki flora 植物相 (한 방, 한 시대의) 식물상(相) augmenija, flora flora, augu valsts flora floraplanteliv, floraflora ديوې سيمې يا (تاريخى) دورې بوټى flora floră флора flóra rastlinje flora flora พืชที่ขึ้นในเฉพาะพื้นที่ bitki örtüsü 植物群，植物區系 флора کسی خاص علاقے...
15. A municipality of Norway.
16. flora, grupo de bacterias que se alojan en un órgano;intestinal ___ → ___ intestinal.
17. A city in Illinois.
18. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
19. A resort in Suriname.
20. A treatise describing the plants of a region or time.
21. A municipality of the Philippines.
22. The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part: intestinal flora.
23. A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
24. (Botany) all the plant life of a given place or time
25. A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
26. (Botany) a descriptive list of such plants, often including a key for identification
27. A village in Norway.

Equivalents

Examples

“Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 constituents.”

“[…] Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides and Spirochetes that characterize the flora of the large intestine.”

“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, […]”

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