flora
noun/ˈflɔː.ɹə/
Etymology From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).
1
Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
2
A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
- 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.1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles:
- 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.2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age, page 26:
3
The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
- gut flora, intestinal flora
- The host effects upon the flora of both the small intestine and the large intestine must be examined.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:
2 more examples
- 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.2003 December 11, Moselio Schaechter, Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 520:
- […] Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Bacteroides and Spirochetes that characterize the flora of the large intestine.2013 March 31, Chetana Vaishnavi, Infections of the Gastrointestinal System, JP Medical Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:
- Synonyms
- microflora
- Derived terms
- bacterial flora, cryptoflora, dendroflora, disaster flora, ethnoflora, flora and fauna, Flora Day, floriferous, floristic, intestinal flora, lamp flora, macroflora, megaflora, mycoflora, palaeoflora, paleoflora, palynoflora, subflora
- Hypernyms
- biota