Flora
['flɔrə]
Definition
(n.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plants (of a country).
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Definition
n. the collective plants or vegetable species of a region country or district: a work containing a descriptive enumeration of these.—adj. Flō′ral pertaining to Flora or to flowers: (bot.) containing the flower.—adv. Flō′rally.—n. Floré–l (flō-rā-al′) the 8th month of the French revolutionary calendar April 20-May 20.—adj. Flō′reāted decorated with floral ornament.—n. Flores′cence a bursting into flower: (bot.) the time when plants flower.—adj. Flores′cent bursting into flowers.—n. Flō′ret (bot.) the flowers of any small and closely crowded inflorescence which resembles at first sight a single flower—e.g. composites teasels grasses &c.—adj. Flōricul′tural.—ns. Flō′riculture the culture of flowers or plants; Flōricul′turist a florist.—adj. Flor′id bright in colour: flushed with red: containing flowers of rhetoric or lively figures: richly ornamental.—adv. Flor′idly.—n. Flor′idness.—adjs. Flōrif′erous bearing or producing flowers; Flō′riform flower-shaped.—ns. Flōrilē′gium an anthology or collection of choice extracts; Flor′ist a cultivator of flowers: one who writes an account of plants.
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Examples
- I do not think Flora would hurt a fly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The flora of the Galapagos Islands prove d equally distinctive. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Waverley was new to Flora MacIvor; but then she did not fall in love with him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was opened by the usual maid-servant, and she showed him up at once, with her usual alacrity, to Flora's sitting-room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora, whom he had left a lily, had become a peony; but that was not much. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora rose and looked to Arthur for his escort. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It must have had a flora green in the wet season and brown and purple in the dry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Arthur made no remark upon it, and repaired to his mother's room, where Mr Casby and Flora had been taking tea, anchovy paste, and hot buttered toast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I don't think he would like that, aunt,' returned Flora. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora had 'gone to lie down' in the next room, concurrently with which retirement a smell of something to drink had broken out in the house. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora, putting aside her veil with a bashful tremor upon her, proceeded to introduce herself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora had spread her bonnet and shawl upon the bed, with a care indicative of an intention to stay some time. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Flora's eyes were a little red, and she seemed rather out of spirits. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If the plants inhabiting a country as described in any Flora, be divided into two equal masses, all those in the larger genera (i. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The floras of distant continents would not by such means become mingled; but would remain as distinct as they now are. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We shall appreciate this difficulty more clearly by looking to certain existing faunas and floras. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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