flora

4 definitions found

flora - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flora \Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos,
     floris, flower. See Flower.]
     1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
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     2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing
        without cultivation in a given locality, region, or
        period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such
        plants.
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flora - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flora
      n 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period;
           "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern
           California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation,
           flora, botany] [ant: fauna, zoology]
      2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
         [syn: plant, flora, plant life]

flora - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Flora, IL (city, FIPS 26454)
    Location: 38.67049 N, 88.47877 W
    Population (1990): 5054 (2291 housing units)
    Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62839
  Flora, IN (town, FIPS 23692)
    Location: 40.54494 N, 86.52336 W
    Population (1990): 2179 (929 housing units)
    Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 46929
  Flora, MS (town, FIPS 24940)
    Location: 32.54742 N, 90.31197 W
    Population (1990): 1482 (540 housing units)
    Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39071
  Flora, ND
    Zip code(s): 58348

flora - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Flora":
     Ceres, Cora, Demeter, Dionysos, Dionysus, Frey, Gaea, Gaia, Kore,
     Persephassa, Persephone, Pomona, Proserpina, Proserpine,
     Triptolemos, Triptolemus, corn god, fertility god, forest god,
     vegetation spirit