Flora

/ˈflɔː.ɹə/ · noun

Meaning

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
2. A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.

Example Sentences

Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

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.

Nowhere was the victory of Linnaeanism more complete than in Britain. When William Hudson's Flora Anglica, organized in the Linnaean manner, appeared in 1762, it displaced all previous floras.

gut flora, intestinal flora

The host effects upon the flora of both the small intestine and the large intestine must be examined.

Approximately 3% of healthy adults harbor C. difficile in the intestinal tract. […] In contrast, the flora of the cecum is predominantly gram negative, with Bacteroides and Selenomonas being the major constituents.

[…] Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides and Spirochetes that characterize the flora of the large intestine.

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• floras
• florae
• floræ

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