Meaning of FLORA
| Pronunciation: | | 'flowru
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- [n] a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
- [n] all the plant life in a particular region
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| | Synonyms: | | plant, plant life, vegetation |
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, acrogen, aerophyte, aggregation, air plant, annual, apomict, aquatic, assemblage, autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism, being, biennial, biology, biota, brier, brier patch, brierpatch, brush, brushwood, bush, chaparral, collection, coppice, copse, cryptogam, embryo, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, escape, forest, fungus, gametophyte, garden, garden plant, ground cover, groundcover, growth, houseplant, kingdom Plantae, monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant, myrmecophyte, organism, ornamental, perennial, phytoplankton, plant kingdom, plant part, plant tissue, Plantae, plantlet, poisonous plant, pot plant, rock plant, scrub, shrubbery, sporophyte, stand, thicket, tracheophyte, vascular plant, wilding, wood, woods | |
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| | Definition: | | \Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos,
floris, flower. See {Flower}.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing
without cultivation in a given locality, region, or
period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such
plants.
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| | Definition: | | Plant life. |
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| | Related Terms: | | Ceres, Cora, corn god, Demeter, Dionysos, Dionysus, fertility god, forest god, Frey, Gaea, Gaia, Kore, Persephassa, Persephone, Pomona, Proserpina, Proserpine, Triptolemos, Triptolemus, vegetation spirit |
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