flora - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - floor manager
  - floor show
  - floorboard
  - floorwalker
  - floozy
  - flop
  - flophouse
  - floppy
  - flor
  - flor.
  - flora
  - floral
  - floreat
  - Florentine
  - florescence
  - floret
  - floriated
  - floribunda
  - floriculture
  - florid
  - Floridian
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

flora

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flora/ˈflɔːrə/

▶noun (pl. floras)

1 the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. Compare with fauna.

2 [with modifier] the symbiotic bacteria occurring naturally in the intestines: the gut flora.

– origin C18: from L. flos, flor- ‘flower’.

'flora' also found in these Oxford entries:

benthos - biome - fauna - floral - nature reserve - probiotic - wildlife

Forum discussions with the word(s) "flora" in the title:

Exceptional flora, or an exceptional flora
There is or there are many exotic flora and fauna...

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "flora" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "flora" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.