Definitions for FLORA
ˈflɔr ə, ˈfloʊr ə; ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr iflo·ra

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

1. vegetation, flora, botanynoun

   all the plant life in a particular region or period

   "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"

2. plant, flora, plant lifenoun

   (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. floranoun

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

2. floranoun

   a book describing the plants of a country etc.

3. floranoun

   The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

4. Floranoun

   The goddess of flowers, guardian of the flora, an equivalent of the Greek Chloris.

5. Floranoun

   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.

6. Floranoun

   8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.

7. Floranoun

   A female given name from Latin.

   What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn,

8. Floranoun

   A surname.

9. Floranoun

   A municipality of Norway.

10. Floranoun

    A city in Illinois.

11. Floranoun

    A resort in Suriname.

12. Floranoun

    A municipality of the Philippines.

13. Floranoun

    A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.

14. Floranoun

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

15. Floranoun

    A village in Norway.

16. Etymology: From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flora

   Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms gut flora or skin flora.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Floranoun

   the goddess of flowers and spring

2. Floranoun

   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

3. Etymology: [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]

FreebaseRate this definition:3.6 / 5 votes

1. Flora

   Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Bacterial organisms, algae, and other organisms are sometimes referred to as flora, so that for example the terms bacterial flora and plant flora are used separately.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Flora

   flō′ra, n. the collective plants or vegetable species of a region, country, or district: a work containing a descriptive enumeration of these.—adj. Flō′ral, pertaining to Flora or to flowers: (bot.) containing the flower.—adv. Flō′rally.—n. Floréal (flō-rā-al′), the 8th month of the French revolutionary calendar, April 20-May 20.—adj. Flō′reāted, decorated with floral ornament.—n. Flores′cence, a bursting into flower: (bot.) the time when plants flower.—adj. Flores′cent, bursting into flowers.—n. Flō′ret (bot.), the flowers of any small and closely crowded inflorescence which resembles at first sight a single flower—e.g. composites, teasels, grasses, &c.—adj. Flōricul′tural.—ns. Flō′riculture, the culture of flowers or plants; Flōricul′turist, a florist.—adj. Flor′id, bright in colour: flushed with red: containing flowers of rhetoric or lively figures: richly ornamental.—adv. Flor′idly.—n. Flor′idness.—adjs. Flōrif′erous, bearing or producing flowers; Flō′riform, flower-shaped.—ns. Flōrilē′gium, an anthology or collection of choice extracts; Flor′ist, a cultivator of flowers: one who writes an account of plants. [L. Flora, the goddess of flowers.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

MythologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flora

   (Flo′ra), goddess of flowers and gardens, was wife of Zephyrus. She enjoyed perpetual youth. Her Grecian name was Chloris.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FLORA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flora is ranked #4523 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Flora surname appeared 7,837 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Flora.
   
   89.7% or 7,030 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 235 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.8% or 226 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.8% or 222 total occurrences were Black.
   1.3% or 103 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.2% or 21 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

How to pronounce FLORA?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FLORA in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FLORA in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FLORA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of FLORA in a Sentence

1. Elizabeth Whelan:

   My instruction to my parents at the outset of this ordeal was for them to' keep on this side of the grass, and likewise to make sure Flora did the same !' however after almost three years, there is little they can do except keep her as happy and healthy as possible, and hope for the best.

2. Barney Long:

   Our current list of lost species is over 2,000 and they cover the whole breadth of flora, fauna and fungi across the world.

3. Isa Kujawski:

   Beans are a heart healthy food which consist of fiber and a variety of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals. They improve the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol, blood pressure, inflammation, and promoting digestive wellness, beans are rich in soluble fiber, which acts as food to beneficial gut bacteria to promote a healthy gut flora, which is an important factor in overall heart health.

4. Caleb Marshall Brown:

   The lack of horsetails, and rarity of cycads and conifers is surprising, given that these are very common in the surrounding flora, even within ferns, it looks like Borealopelta may have had a preference for certain types of ferns, while ignoring others.

5. Waight Keller:

   The veil was a huge part of the conversations that we had early on. We talked about what we wanted to do in terms of trying to embrace some of the royal connections in there, and a lot of the work that she's going to probably do in the future is going to be connected to the Commonwealth ... and I said 'wouldn't it be amazing if we took the 53 countries of the Commonwealth and embroidered a flower and some flora and fauna from each one of those and that they would go up the aisle, that journey up the aisle with you'.

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