FLORA DEFINITIONS - 15 definitions found
flora n 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation, flora, botany] [ant: fauna, zoology] 2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion [syn: plant, flora, plant life] flora 1777, "the plant life of a region or epoch," from L. Flora Roman goddess of flowers, from flos (gen. floris) "flower," from *flo-s-, Italic suffixed form of PIE *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom." Used as the title of descriptive plant catalogues since 1647, but popularized by Linnaeus in his 1745 study of Swedish plants, "Flora Suecica." The adj. floral is attested 1647, from Fr. floral, from L. floralis "of flowers." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) flora noun (plural floras; also florae) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, from Latin flor-, flos Date: 1777 1. a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period 2. plant or bacterial life; especially such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment <fossil flora> <intestinal flora> — compare fauna Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary flora You can refer to plants as flora, especially the plants growing in a particular area. (FORMAL) ...the variety of food crops and flora which now exists in Dominica. N-UNCOUNT-COLL English Explanatory Dictionary flora ˈflɔ:rə n. (pl. floras or florae) 1 the plants of a particular region, geological period, or environment. 2 a treatise on or list of these. [mod.L f. the name of the goddess of flowers f. L flos floris flower] The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907) Flora goddess of the blossom of flowers and the spring, an early Roman divinity; had in the time of Numa a flamen (q. v.) to herself. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Flora \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. Flora, MS (town, FIPS 24940) Location: 32.54742 N, 90.31197 W Population (1990): 1482 (540 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39071 Flora, ND Zip code(s): 58348 Flora, IL (city, FIPS 26454) Location: 38.67049 N, 88.47877 W Population (1990): 5054 (2291 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62839 Flora, IN (town, FIPS 23692) Location: 40.54494 N, 86.52336 W Population (1990): 2179 (929 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46929 Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms flora n. Plants (of a country), vegetation, vegetable life. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Flora": Ceres, Cora, Demeter, Dionysos, Dionysus, Frey, Gaea, Gaia, Kore, Persephassa, Persephone, Pomona, Proserpina, Proserpine, Triptolemos, Triptolemus, corn god, fertility god, forest god, vegetation spirit |
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