flora
English
Etymology
From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).
Pronunciation
Noun
flora (countable and uncountable, plural floras or florae or floræ)
- Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
- 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
- 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.
- 2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age (page 26)
- 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.
- 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
- The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
- 1920, Robert L. Tweed, A Study of the Effect of Milk Upon the Bacterial Flora of the Intestinal Tract:
- 1947, Adelaide Evangeline Evenson, The Intestinal Flora of Laboratory Animals and Its Modification by Diet and Drugs:
- 1977, Betty H. K. Dee, The Aerobic Bacterial Flora of the Intestinal Tract of Marine Fishes:
- 1977, United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, page 191:
- The host effects upon the flora of both the small intestine and the large intestine must be examined.
- 2003 December 11, Moselio Schaechter, Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 520:
- 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.
- 2013 March 31, Chetana Vaishnavi, Infections of the Gastrointestinal System, JP Medical Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:
- […] Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides and Spirochetes that characterize the flora of the large intestine.
Synonyms
- (microorganisms): microflora
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers), from flōs (“blossom”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flora f (uncountable)
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Further reading
- “flora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).
Noun
flora (more common word is nebatat)
Declension
nominative | flora |
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genitive | floranıñ |
dative | florağa |
accusative | floranı |
locative | florada |
ablative | floradan |
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flōra, from Flōra.
Pronunciation
Noun
flora f (plural flora's)
- flora (plant life, in particular the plant living or endemic in a certain area)
- Synonym: plantenwereld
- flora (plant book)
- Synonyms: floragids, plantenboek
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Descendants
- Afrikaans: flora
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
flora (accusative singular floran, plural floraj, accusative plural florajn)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch flora, from Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers), flōs (“blossom”), from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s (“flower, blossom”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flora (first-person possessive floraku, second-person possessive floramu, third-person possessive floranya)
- flora:
- (botany) plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
- (botany) a book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
- (microbiology) the microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
Further reading
- “flora” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
flora f (plural flore)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin Flora, goddess of flowers.
Noun
flora m (definite singular floraen, indefinite plural floraer, definite plural floraene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin Flora, goddess of flowers.
Noun
flora m (definite singular floraen, indefinite plural floraer or floraar, definite plural floraene or floraane)
References
- “flora” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
flora f
- flora (“plants considered as a group”)
- Synonyms: roślinność, szata roślinna
- Antonym: fauna
Declension
Usually in the singular.
Derived terms
Further reading
- flora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- flora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
flora f (plural floras)
- flora (plants of a region considered as a group)
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
flȏra f (Cyrillic spelling фло̑ра)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
flora f (plural floras)
Verb
flora
- inflection of florar:
Further reading
- “flora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
flora c
Declension
Declension of flora | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | flora | floran | floror | flororna |
Genitive | floras | florans | florors | florornas |