flora
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The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Genetic material recovered from internal tissues included bacteria that were part of Ötzi's original gut flora.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The county, local agencies, utilities and property owners are in a constant battle with the flora and fauna just beyond fencelines and backyards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The government insists it has met all "green" requirements and has pledged to protect Great Nicobar's peoples, communities, as well as its unique flora and fauna, by establishing protected zones.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The untamed flora and fauna of the North American continent, the minerals and other splendors of the world beneath their feet.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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
Geology, je-ol′o-ji, n. the science relating to the history and development of the earth's crust, together with the several floras and faunas which have successively clothed and peopled its surface.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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
The differences between the faunas and floras of these countries are too great and too radical to render it possible that any such connection should have existed except at a very remote period.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace
Not uncommonly, the exotic floras differ from ours, not merely in respect of the species, but also of the genera of Gasteromycetes.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Vocabulary lists containing flora
Physical Geography - Introductory
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First-Name Basis: Words That Are Also Names
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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