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flora

n. uncountable
C1 Advanced US //ˈfɫɔɹə// UK //flˈɔːɹɐ// flo·ra

n. all the plants that live in a specific area or time. It is often used together with 'fauna' to describe the nature of a place.

n. the collective plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. Often paired with 'fauna' to provide a comprehensive biological description of an ecosystem.


SIMPLE

The local flora includes many rare desert flowers.

CONTEXTUAL

Researchers spent three years documenting the unique flora found only on the remote volcanic islands.

COMPLEX

The study examines how the native flora adapted to the increasingly arid conditions of the late Cretaceous period, leading to the dominance of flowering plants.

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Origin

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

Usage

Uncountable in its general sense; can be countable when referring to a specific list or book describing plants.

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