flora

Definition

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

Etymology

From Latin Flōra (goddess of flowers).

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."