flora

See also: Flora and flóra

English

Etymology

From Latin Flora (“goddess of flowers”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔː.ɹə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Noun

flora (countable and uncountable, plural floras or florae or floræ)

  1. plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
      Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
  2. a book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
    • 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
      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.
  3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

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Coordinate terms

Translations

the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body

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Catalan

Noun

flora f (uncountable)

  1. flora

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin Flora - Roman goddess of flowers.

Noun

flora (more common word is nebatat)

  1. flora

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflora/
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ra

Adjective

flora (accusative singular floran, plural floraj, accusative plural florajn)

  1. (botany) floral

Italian

Noun

flora f (plural flore)

  1. flora

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Flora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ra/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

flora f

  1. flora (“plants considered as a group”)

Usage notes

  • Rarely used in the plural.

Declension

Synonyms

  • roślinność
  • szata roślinna

Antonyms

Further reading

  • flora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

flora f (plural floras)

  1. flora (plants of a region considered as a group)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flôːra/
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ra

Noun

flȏra f (Cyrillic spelling фло̑ра)

  1. flora

Declension

Spanish

Noun

flora f (plural floras)

  1. flora

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

flora c

  1. flora (vegetation, book)

Declension

Declension of flora 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flora floran floror flororna
Genitive floras florans florors florornas

Antonyms

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