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Flora Flowering Plants Flowers Life Live Naturally Specific

word flora
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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