flora
nounEtymology
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
- derived from Flōra
Definitions
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.
A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
- 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.
The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
- gut flora, intestinal flora
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the goddess of flowers, nature and spring
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.
8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
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, […]
A surname.
A number of places in the United States
A number of places in the United States:
Other places elsewhere
Other places elsewhere:
The neighborhood
- neighborbiota
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at flora. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at flora. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at flora
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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