flora

Flora is defined as a general term for the plants of an area or period in time, the microorganisms inside a human organ, or a female name.

(noun)

An example of flora is the one word to discuss all the plants common to the area around Lake Tahoe.
An example of flora is the healthy organisms that keep your stomach healthy.
An example of Flora is a first name in the United States.

See flora in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a feminine name
Rom. Myth. the goddess of flowers
1. pl. floras or florae the plants of a specified region or time: the flora of Africa
2. a descriptive, systematic list of such plants

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

See flora in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. flo·ras or flo·rae (flôrˈēˌ, flōrˈēˌ)

Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
A treatise describing the plants of a region or time.
The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part: intestinal flora.

Origin:

Origin: From Flora

noun
Roman Mythology

The goddess of flowers.

Origin:

Origin: Latin Flōra

Origin: , from flōs, flōr-, flower; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots

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