flora
Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
Other meanings
A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
Synonyms
- vegetation
- botany
Related words
- bacterial flora
- cryptoflora
- dendroflora
- disaster flora
- flora and fauna
- ethnoflora
- Flora Day
- floriferous
- floristic
- intestinal flora
- lamp flora
- macroflora
Word history
From Latin "Flōra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flora” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.