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Flora
//ˈflɔː.ɹə// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 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
- 2 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
- 3 A female given name from Latin.
"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, […]"
- 4 A surname.
- 5 A municipality of Norway.
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- 6 A city in Illinois.
- 7 A resort in Suriname.
- 8 A municipality of the Philippines.
- 9 A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
- 10 A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
- 11 A village in Norway.
Noun
- 1 Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. countable, uncountable
"Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world."
- 2 (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion wordnet
- 3 A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 all the plant life in a particular region or period wordnet
- 5 The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body. countable, uncountable
"gut flora, intestinal flora"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).
Etymology 2
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
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