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Flora
The Roman goddess of flowers from which we get terms for flowers.

Flora was especially associated with Spring. Her festivals, the Floralia, were from April 28-May 3.

The term Flora also refers to native plants of a region.

Flowers: Chloris, Flora
Greek: Chloris (goddess)
Latin: Flora (goddess)
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(Latin: flower; full of flowers, abounding in flowers; flora, plant life, plants of a general region or period)
(Greek: deep, depth; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea; sea bottom; depth [by extension, this element includes lake, river, and stream bottoms])
(fauna [animals] and flora [plants] at the bottom of the sea)
Word Entries containing the term: “flora
littoral fauna and flora (s) (noun, littoral faunas and floras (pl)
Animals and plants inhabiting the sea-shore and the shallow sea near the shore.
This entry is located in the following units: faun-, fauni-, fauna-, -fauna (page 3) flori-, flor-, flora-, -florous (page 5)
zymogenous flora
Organisms found in soils in large numbers immediately after the addition of readily decomposable organic materials.
This entry is located in the following unit: flori-, flor-, flora-, -florous (page 7)