word | flora |
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definition | Plant life, especially the flowering plants that live naturally in a specific area or environment. |
eg_sentence | Scientists are busily identifying the flora of the Amazon rain forest before the rapid expansion of commercial interests consumes it. |
explanation | Flora means “flower” in Latin, and Flora was the Roman goddess of spring and flowering plants, especially wildflowers and plants not raised for food. She was shown as a beautiful young woman in a long, flowing dress with flowers in her hair, strewing flowers over the earth. English preserves her name in such words as floral, floret, and flourish. A region's flora may range from tiny violets to towering trees. The common phrase “flora and fauna” covers just about every visible living thing |
IPA | ˈflɔrə |
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