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flora Definition

flora (flôrə, flō)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. Rom. Myth. the goddess of flowers
    1. pl. -·ras or -·rae the plants of a specified region or time the flora of Africa
    2. a descriptive, systematic list of such plants

Etymology: L < flos, flower: adopted by Carolus Linnaeus (1745) as term for the plants of a region

flora Synonyms

flora

n.

vegetable life, verdure, plants; see vegetation.

flora Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • moss: The number of shrub and herb species is low, although a rich flora of mosses and lichens can develop.
  • mouth: It may change the flora of the mouth predisposing it to thrush infections.

Converse of object

  • conserve: The Dorset Wildlife Trust is a very active conservation body doing much valuable work to conserve native flora in Dorset.
  • dominate: Plants typical of ancient woodlands dominate the ground flora.
  • observe: Great for those who enjoy walking and hiking, observing flora, fauna and bird life.
  • associate: Wide spacing of trees is needed to develop a richer associated flora.
  • preserve: We host a number of long and short scenic routes which are testimony to our efforts to preserve flora, fauna and wildlife.
  • affect: How is the genetic diversity of Europe's aquatic flora affected by dispersal processes?

Adjective modifier

  • intestinal: We are all aware of the importance of some of them for the health of the intestinal flora.
  • commensal: Dirt on udders and teats increases infection pressure, damages skin and prevents beneficial, commensal flora from establishing.
  • bacterial: Severe disturbances of the intestinal bacterial flora may occur.
  • aquatic: How is the genetic diversity of Europe's aquatic flora affected by dispersal processes?
  • microbial: Lynch and Wood ( 1985 ) observed that the microbial flora builds up rapidly as the composting process begins.
  • native: The Dorset Wildlife Trust is a very active conservation body doing much valuable work to conserve native flora in Dorset.

Noun used with modifier

  • lichen: Lichen flora is also well developed with many of the classic heathland species present.
  • gut: These bacteria are often also referred to as the ' gut flora ' .
  • bryophyte: The lichen and bryophyte flora of the complex is outstanding, and the vascular plant flora is also extremely rich.
  • peatland: The peatland flora includes bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia at one of its few Northern Ireland sites.
  • orchid: He has recently received a grant from the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Sciences to work on the orchid flora of Russia.
  • bowel: Most UTIs result from the direct spread of bowel flora via the urethra into the bladder.
Flora Quotes

I am heartily glad you continued to like Waverley to the endöthe hero is a sneaking piece of imbecilityand if he had married Flora she would have set him up upon the chimney-pieceas Count Boralaski'swifeusedto dowith him.

—Scott, Sir Walter

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green, Dance, and Proven c° al song, and sunburnt mirth! O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim.

—Keats,John

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