flora

CEFRC1

/ˈflɔː.ɹə/

noun

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noun
All the plant life found in a particular place or period.
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noun
Extra detail
A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.
Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

In context

gut flora, intestinal flora
Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
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.

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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,...
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
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
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

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From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).