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Definition: Flora |
FloraNoun1. All the plant life in a particular region. 2. A living organism lacking the power of locomotion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Flora" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". |
Date "flora" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Flora \Flo"ra\, noun. [Latin expression, the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Flora Flowers; all the vegetable productions of a country or of a geological period, as the flora of England, the flora of the coal period. Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers. "Another Flora there, of bolder hues, And richer sweets beyond our garden's pride." Thomson: Summer. The animals of a period or country are called the Fauna; hence, the phrase the Flora and the Fauna of ... signifies all its vegetable and animal productions. Metropolis of Flora. Aranjuez, in Spain, is so called, from its many beautiful gardens. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | The entire plant population of a given area, environment, formation, ortime span. CF:fauna. (references) |
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In Greek mythology, three people shared the name Chloris.
One of these three people, or a fourth, was the mother of Poriclymenus by Poseidon.
- Chloris ("greenish") was the goddess of spring, flowers and nature. She was married to Zephyrus and had three children by him: Ampyx, Mopsus and Carpus. Her Roman equivalent was Flora.
- Meliboea was a daughter of Niobe and the only one spared when Artemis and Apollo killed the Niobids. She was so frightened by the ordeal that her name changed to Chloris ("the pale one").
- Neleus' wife was named Chloris, making her the mother of Nestor, Pero and Alastor.
The goddess Chloris (#1) was equivalent to the Roman goddess Flora, who had temples on the Quirinal and near the Circus Maximus.
Her festival, Floralia, was celebrated on April 28 to May 1 until the AD 4th century
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Chloris."
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Flora is a collective term for plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.Flora was also the name of the Roman goddess of flowers, gardens, and the season of Spring. While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime. Her festival, the Floralia, was held in April or early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers. Her Greek equivalent was Chloris, which see for more details.
Other Meanings
Flora is a brand of butter-like spread, made by Unilever, in the UK. It's former marketing slogan was "Are you a Flora man?"Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flora."
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Flora is a city located in Clay County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,086.Geography
Flora is located at 38°40'11" North, 88°29'3" West (38.669813, -88.484105)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.5 km² (4.4 mi²). 11.5 km² (4.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 5,086 people, 2,127 households, and 1,325 families residing in the city. The population density is 442.3/km² (1,146.2/mi²). There are 2,352 housing units at an average density of 204.5/km² (530.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.76% White, 0.18% African American, 0.33% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races. 0.65% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,127 households out of which 29.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% are married couples living together, 11.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% are non-families. 34.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.28 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 83.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.8 males. The median income for a household in the city is $28,157, and the median income for a family is $36,313. Males have a median income of $30,867 versus $19,693 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,653. 11.3% of the population and 9.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.5% are under the age of 18 and 14.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flora, Illinois."
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Flora is a town located in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,227.Geography
Flora is located at 40°32'45" North, 86°31'24" West (40.545819, -86.523367)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,227 people, 906 households, and 609 families residing in the town. The population density is 834.8/km² (2,157.4/mi²). There are 959 housing units at an average density of 359.5/km² (929.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.16% White, 0.54% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 2.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 906 households out of which 29.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% are non-families. 29.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.36 and the average family size is 2.91. In the town the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $37,400, and the median income for a family is $43,257. Males have a median income of $35,398 versus $20,281 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,863. 6.3% of the population and 4.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.9% are under the age of 18 and 7.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flora, Indiana."
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Flora is a town located in Madison County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,546.Geography
Flora is located at 32°32'35" North, 90°18'43" West (32.543056, -90.311843)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²). 8.8 km² (3.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,546 people, 575 households, and 416 families residing in the town. The population density is 175.6/km² (454.2/mi²). There are 606 housing units at an average density of 68.8/km² (178.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 57.05% White, 42.04% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.19% from two or more races. 0.32% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 575 households out of which 36.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% are married couples living together, 25.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% are non-families. 25.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.69 and the average family size is 3.21. In the town the population is spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,077, and the median income for a family is $41,324. Males have a median income of $31,786 versus $22,176 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,075. 25.3% of the population and 18.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 44.4% are under the age of 18 and 10.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flora, Mississippi."
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The municipality Flora in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, has 11,323 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.The centre of Flora is Florø.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flora, Norway."
Synonyms: FloraSynonyms: plant (n), plant life (n), vegetation (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: fauna (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Botany | Herborization, dendrology, mycology, fungology, algology; flora, romona; botanic garden. (garden); hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal. |
Vegetable | Noun: vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flora |
| English words defined with "flora": Aborigines, American, Andine, Asa Gray ♦ biogeographical region ♦ endangered ♦ gray ♦ relict ♦ threatened ♦ welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flora": Clostridium difficile, country park, Crowns ♦ Eikenella corrodens, Enterococcus, Enterococcus faecium, epibenthic dredge ♦ FLORADORA, FLORAL DESIGNER ♦ Horn of Plenty ♦ Kingella ♦ MacIvor, Marine Toxins, May-day ♦ Neisseria ♦ Orders of Architecture ♦ palynology, PARK NATURALIST, Pasteurella haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Plesiomonas. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "flora": Floral. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flora" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Flora), Italian (Flora, plant life), Latin (flora), Portuguese (flora), Serbo-Croatian (flora), Spanish (flora), Swedish (flora), Turkish (Flora). |
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Screenplays | That's the flora kua alaya (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Casa Flora (1973) Seraphine oder Die wundersame Geschichte der Tante Flora (1965) La Parda Flora (1952) Flora (1948) | |
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 | N. meningitidis is responsible for causing “meningococcal” meningitis. This bacterium is not normal flora, but a pathogenic organism that may be present in a large percentage of the population without causing disease. Credit: CDC. |  | “Nonspecific” urethritis in the presence of mixed flora with few bacteria, and associated with neutrophils, without further testing, can possibly lead to a differential diagnosis of gonorrhea. Credit: CDC. |
 | Kayakers observing the marsh flora and fauna on a fall afternoon. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Kayaker observing the marsh flora and fauna on a fall afternoon. A huge flock of redwing blackbirds rising from the marsh over the marsh grass. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Fishing nets in seaside flora. Credit: Fisheries. |  | William Curtis, F.L.S. : Author of The Flora Londinensis. / Evans sculpt. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Flora, let's talk as man to man. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Flora Payne Whitney Miller, three-quarter length portrait, seated at typewriter, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The chaplet, a waltz by Flora / Kennedy & Lucas lithography, Philada. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Flora and Fauna" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Sunflower on sandy beach." | "Flora 1" by A. Carlos Herrera Commentary: "_" |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Along with the newly acquired bacterial flora, many viruses also are acquired. (references) | |
Forms part of the normal microbial flora of the mouth and gastrointestinal tract. (references) | ||
All travelers from industrialized countries going to developing countries quickly develop a rapid, dramatic change in their intestinal flora. (references) | ||
Business | The biggest key-players in the market are Flora, Terneyles, Primorsklesprom, Nakhodkales, Sakhalinlesprom, and Primorskiye Lesopromyshlenniki. (references) | |
Japan is open to imported apparel, except for those with special leather in which trading is prohibited by the Washington Convention (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). (references) | ||
Economic History | Malaysia | The four consortia that were awarded were the Eastern Waste Management, Southern Waste Management, Alam Flora Sdn. Bhd., and Northern Waste Industries (NWI). (references) |
South Africa | The fastest growing segment of tourism in South Africa is ecological tourism (eco-tourism), which encompasses fauna to flora, action holidays and, increasingly, local community empowerment and development. (references) | |
Malaysia | With the exception of Alam Flora, the company responsible for waste management in the central and eastern region, the concessionaires only began interim takeovers of the municipal waste collection and disposal programs during the time of the economic crisis. (references) | |
Human Rights | Indonesia | Initial reports on August 9 indicated that unknown assailants shot and killed 31 employees of PT Bumi Flora, a palm oil plantation in Idi Rayeuk in East Aceh. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Products made of protected flora and fauna must undergo a government inspection and approval. (references) |
Tunisia | THESE INCLUDE ITEMS CONCERNING SECURITY, PUBLIC ORDER, HYGIENE, HEALTH, MORALITY, PROTECTION OF FLORA AND FAUNA, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Flora" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 67.34% of the time. "Flora" is used about 1,331 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 67.34% | 896 | 7,965 |
| Noun (common) | 32.51% | 433 | 13,273 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.15% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,331 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "flora" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Flora | First name Female | 49,000 | 353 |
| Flora | Last name | 3,000 | 4,532 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Flora" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Flora." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Floretta | Female | N/A | Flora |
| Florine | Female | N/A | Flora |
| Flora | Female | English | N/A |
| Florinda | Female | English | Flora |
| Florette | Female | French | Flora |
| Flora | Female | German | N/A |
| Flora | Female | Italian | N/A |
| Flora | Female | Roman Mythology | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Flora, IL (city, FIPS 26454) 2. Flora, IN (town, FIPS 23692) 3. Flora, MS (town, FIPS 24940) 4. Flora, ND |
Expressions using "flora": colonic flora ♦ Desert flora ♦ flora of the intestine ♦ Flora Vista ♦ Glen Flora ♦ Intestinal Flora ♦ microbial flora. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "flora": ses-sili-flora. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
flora | 653 | e fauna flora | 16 |
flora and fauna | 95 | inter flora | 15 |
circus flora | 87 | aqua flora | 15 |
flora y fauna | 85 | flora purim | 15 |
flora chan | 85 | flora essence | 15 |
flora illinois | 82 | flora and henri | 14 |
intestinal flora | 42 | chilena flora | 13 |
bama flora | 35 | villa flora | 13 |
flora hotel | 26 | la flora hotel | 12 |
chile de fauna flora y | 26 | glen flora wisconsin | 12 |
the william and flora hewlett foundation | 25 | de flora mexico | 12 |
de fauna flora panama y | 25 | national flora | 11 |
flora tristan | 24 | dec flora | 11 |
flora danica | 24 | alam flora | 11 |
flora indiana | 22 | de flora venezuela | 10 |
flora source | 22 | flora london marathon | 10 |
hotel flora venice | 21 | flora plum | 10 |
flora la | 19 | flora balance | 10 |
chilena fauna flora y | 17 | da e fauna flora região sul | 10 |
flora mississippi | 16 | flora springs | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "flora"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Florë, Perëndesha E Luleve, Bimësi (vegetation). (various references) | |
Arabic | فلورا إلاهة الزهور, نبات (cutting, huckleberry, plant, vegetation), حياة نباتية, بحث في نباتات إقليم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Флора. (various references) | |
Chinese | 植物群 . (various references) | |
Czech | Flóra. (various references) | |
Danish | flora. (various references) | |
Dutch | flora. (various references) | |
Finnish | kasvisto. (various references) | |
French | flore. (various references) | |
German | Flora. (various references) | |
Greek | χλωρίδα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ײמחיה, ׂולם ִצומח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | növényvilág (vegetable kingdom), flóra (florence). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tentang tumbuh-tumbuhan. (various references) | |
Italian | flora (plant life). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | フレコン化 (changing something to full remote control, flex, flextime, float, floater serve, floating, flooring, flow, flow inflation, flowchart, French, French cancan, French dressing, French kiss, French sleeve, French toast, fresh, fresher, freshman, fret, fretless, friend, friendly, friends, friendship, frozen food, frozen yoghurt, newly hired career-track company employee, wooden floor), 植物誌 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フローラ , しょくぶつし. (various references) | |
Korean | 식물상. (various references) | |
Manx | faasrey, blaanid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oraflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flora. (various references) | |
Romanian | Florã. (various references) | |
Russian | флора, Флора (Flora 2). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | flora. (various references) | |
Spanish | flora. (various references) | |
Swedish | flora. (various references) | |
Turkish | Flora, Bitki Örtüsü, Belli Bir Organdaki Mikroplar. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Флора. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flora, floralis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flora": florae, floral, florally, florals, floras. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "flora": grandiflora, microflora, mycoflora. (additional references) | |
Words containing "flora": defloration, deflorations, grandiflorae, grandifloras, microflorae, microfloral, microfloras, mycoflorae, mycofloras. (additional references) | |
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"Flora" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ellora, Elora, Falluja, Fiora, flava, flere, floam, floar, floaw, flohr, floore, flor, flore, Florek, floric, florio, floriv, flova, Floya, flra, flure, Fluria, flusa, folda, Folea, Forlag, forza, fuori, Fwoar, Glora, lora. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flora" (pronounced flô"ru) |
| 4 | -l ô" r u | Laura. |
| 3 | -ô" r u | angora, aura, Aurora, Bora, Camorra, fedora, fora, Hora, menorah, Mora, Ora, Pandora, Senora, Torah. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: farl, faro, foal, fora, loaf, oral, rolf. | |
-2 letters: arf, far, for, fro, lar, oaf, oar, ora. | |
-3 letters: al, ar, fa, la, lo, of, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: flavor, florae, floral, floras, foliar, formal, loafer, safrol. | |
+2 letters: airflow, airfoil, alforja, aliform, femoral, flavors, flavory, flavour, floater, florals, formals, formula, foulard, frontal, loafers, refloat, safrole, safrols, wolfram. | |
+3 letters: aardwolf, aerofoil, airflows, airfoils, alforjas, alfresco, deflator, falconer, falconry, falderol, farnesol, fellator, flatiron, flatwork, flatworm, flavored, flavorer, flavours, flavoury, fleawort, floaters, floatier, floorage, florally, forbidal, fordable, forelady, foreland, foreplay, foresail, forestal, forkball, formable, formalin, formally, formulae, formulas, fornical, foulards, foveolar, freeload, frontals, fumarole, inflator, informal, landform, leafworm, leapfrog, overleaf, parfocal, planform, platform, refloats, rockfall, safroles, scrofula, seafloor, trifocal, wolframs. | |
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