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Noun: flora (floras,florae)  flo-ru
  1. All the plant life in a particular region or period
    "the flora of southern California";
    - vegetation, botany
     
  2. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    "The desert flora consists mainly of cacti and succulents";
    - plant, plant life

Derived forms: florae, floras

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, being, collection, organism

Antonym: fauna

Part of: biology, biota, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae

Encyclopedia: Flora, Ohio