See Also: Flora(medicine)
Flora(health)
flora(dictionary)
Flora(encyclopedia)
flora(dictionary)
colonic flora(medicine)
intestinal flora(medicine)
Intestinal flora(health)
Macdonald, Flora(dictionary)

flora (iou)



flora noun. . E16.
[Latin, from flor-, flos flower.]
(Flora.) An ancient Italian goddess of fertility and flowers. Hence, the personification of nature's power to produce flowers. E16.
A catalogue of the plants of a defined area, with descriptions of them and/or stations for the more unusual species. L18.
The plants or plant life of a given area, habitat, or epoch. Cf. FAUNA. L18.
INTESTINAL flora.
Comb.: Flora dance dial. [see floral dance s.v. FLORAL adjective] = furry dance s.v. FURRY noun; Flora day, Flora's day dial. = FURRY noun.