Meaning & use

flora

noun·Academic

The plants of a particular region, habitat, or period, considered as a group.

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The nature guide described the unique flora found only in that mountain valley.

Scientists documented the flora and fauna of the rainforest before the area was developed.

A note on using this word

Flora is often paired with fauna, meaning animal life, when describing the living things of an ecosystem.

Words with a similar meaning

plant lifevegetation

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