floranoun [ U ]
uk/ˈflɔː.rə/us/ˈflɔːr.ə/specializedenvironment all the plants of a particular place or from a particular time in history:
the flora of the Balearic Islands
Stone Age flora
all the bacteria and other organisms that live inside an animal:
In the normal, healthy person the gut flora is a balanced community of different organisms.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plants & animals - general words
- animal kingdom
- autotroph
- biped
- bloodsucker
- carnivore
- flora and fauna
- greenery
- herbivore
- heterotroph
- humpbacked
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- parasite
- parasitic
- predatory
- songster
- vegetation
- vertebrate
- warm-blooded
- wildlife
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