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flora

[flawr-uh, flohr-uh] / ˈflɔr ə, ˈfloʊr ə /
NOUN
vegetable life
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Genetic material recovered from internal tissues included bacteria that were part of Ötzi's original gut flora.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Its landscapes include grasslands, lagoons, heathland and vegetated shingle, which supports a range of creatures, flora and fauna - not just birds.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

For those unfamiliar with these funky flora, be warned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Among other items is a display showing the 13 species of flora and fauna named after Obama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

During the last ice age, as glaciers and ice sheets spread down from the Arctic, northern flora all over the world naturally tried to escape southwards.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Of the 1,000 or so species of floras in the park, lodgepole pine and the duff from its fallen needles and branches provided most of the fuel for the fires.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within the tropical forest, however, there are high mountains on which trees with the general characteristic of those more northern floras find a congenial habitat.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

The study of extinct floras has shown that during the preceding ages in the earth's history marvellous changes in the plants of many regions, and, in fact, of the entire earth's surface, have taken place.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

These same students of the progress of plant life on the continent have also made extensive and critical studies of the Cenozoic floras.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

Map of, 215.Fossil floras, 256.France, possessions of, 419, 424.Fur-bearing animals, 278-282. Galveston,

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell


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