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flora

name · noun · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈflɔːɹə/
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  • homophone: flora
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹə
  • /ˈflɔː.ɹə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F L AO1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Roman

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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name

Meaning 2

8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning 3

A female given name from Latin.

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Meaning 4

A surname.

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Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

A former community in Alachua County, Florida, annexed by Gainesville.

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Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Clay County, Illinois.

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Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Boone County, Illinois.

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Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Monroe Township, Carroll County, Indiana; named for founder John Flora.

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name

Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Dickinson County, Kansas.

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Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.

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Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Renville County, Minnesota.

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Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Madison County, Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.

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Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Meigs County, Ohio.

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Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon.

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Meaning 15

Other places elsewhere:

A resort in Suriname.

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Meaning 16

Other places elsewhere:

A municipality of the Philippines.

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Meaning 17

Other places elsewhere:

A village in Selbu municipality, Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Meaning 18

Other places elsewhere:

A former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 19

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 20

A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 21

The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • gut flora, intestinal flora

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22

noun

Meaning 22

(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: plant, plant life

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organism, being

Narrower terms: phytoplankton, microflora, crop, endemic, holophyte, non-flowering plant, plantlet, wilding, ornamental, pot plant, acrogen, apomict, aquatic, cryptogam, annual, biennial, perennial, escape, hygrophyte, neophyte, embryo, monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant, sporophyte, gametophyte, houseplant, garden plant, vascular plant, tracheophyte, poisonous plant, air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant, rock plant, autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism, myrmecophyte

23

noun

Meaning 23

all the plant life in a particular region or period

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Pleistocene vegetation
  • the flora of southern California
  • the botany of China

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vegetation, botany

Antonyms: fauna

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

Narrower terms: browse, brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket, growth, scrub, chaparral, bush, stand, forest, wood, woods, shrubbery, garden, brier, brierpatch, brier patch, groundcover, ground cover

History

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).

Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛洛拉 (Fóluòlā) — the goddess of flowers
  • Czech: Flóra — the goddess of flowers
  • French: Flore — the goddess of flowers
  • German: Flora — the goddess of flowers
  • Italian: Flora — the goddess of flowers
  • Japanese: フローラ (furōra) — the goddess of flowers
  • Latin: Flōra — the goddess of flowers
  • Marathi: फ्लोरा (phlorā) — the goddess of flowers
  • Norwegian: Flora — the goddess of flowers
  • Polish: Flora — the goddess of flowers
  • Portuguese: Flora — the goddess of flowers
  • Russian: Фло́ра (Flóra) — the goddess of flowers
  • Spanish: Flora — the goddess of flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弗洛拉 (Fúluòlā) — female given name
  • Czech: Flóra — female given name
  • French: Flore — female given name
  • French: Flora — female given name
  • German: Flora — female given name
  • Italian: Flora — female given name
  • Marathi: फ्लोरा (phlorā) — female given name
  • Polish: Flora — female given name
  • Portuguese: Flora — female given name
  • Russian: Фло́ра (Flóra) — female given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Flòraidh — female given name
  • Spanish: Flora — female given name
  • Tagalog: Flora — female given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花神星 (Huāshénxīng) — asteroid
  • Italian: Flora — asteroid
  • Russian: Фло́ра (Flóra) — asteroid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物群 (zhíwùqún) — plants considered as a group
  • Czech: květena — plants considered as a group
  • Czech: flóra — plants considered as a group
  • Danish: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Danish: planteliv — plants considered as a group
  • Esperanto: plantaro — plants considered as a group
  • Esperanto: flaŭro — plants considered as a group
  • Estonian: taimestik — plants considered as a group
  • Estonian: floora — plants considered as a group
  • Estonian: taimeriik — plants considered as a group
  • Finnish: kasvisto — plants considered as a group
  • French: flore — plants considered as a group
  • Galician: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Georgian: ფლორა (plora) — plants considered as a group
  • German: Flora — plants considered as a group
  • German: Pflanzenreich — plants considered as a group
  • German: Pflanzenwelt — plants considered as a group
  • Greek: χλωρίδα (chlorída) — plants considered as a group
  • Hindi: वनस्पतिजात (vanaspatijāt) — plants considered as a group
  • Hungarian: flóra — plants considered as a group
  • Icelandic: flóra — plants considered as a group
  • Icelandic: gróðurríki — plants considered as a group
  • Italian: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Japanese: 植物相 (shokubutsusō) — plants considered as a group
  • Lithuanian: augalija — plants considered as a group
  • Māori: ngāi tipu — plants considered as a group
  • Persian: پوشش گیاهی — plants considered as a group
  • Persian: گیاگان (giyâgân) — plants considered as a group
  • Polish: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Portuguese: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Romanian: floră — plants considered as a group
  • Russian: фло́ра (flóra) — plants considered as a group
  • Spanish: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Swedish: flora — plants considered as a group
  • Tagalog: talahalmanan — plants considered as a group
  • Volapük: planem — plants considered as a group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物志 (zhíwùzhì) — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Finnish: kasvio — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • French: flore — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Galician: flora — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • German: Flora — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Hungarian: flóra — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Icelandic: flóra — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Japanese: 植物誌 (shokubutsushi) — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Russian: фло́ра (flóra) — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Swedish: flora — a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • Estonian: floora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Finnish: floora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Finnish: mikrofloora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Finnish: mikrobisto — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • French: flore intestinale — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Galician: flora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • German: Flora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Hungarian: flóra — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Icelandic: flóra — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Italian: flora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Persian: فلور طبیعی — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Romanian: floră — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Romanian: floră microbială — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Romanian: floră bacterială — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Romanian: floră intestinală — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Russian: фло́ра (flóra) — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
  • Swedish: flora — the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body
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