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flora

[flawr-uh, flohr-uh] / ˈflɔr ə, ˈfloʊr ə /
NOUN
vegetable life
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For those unfamiliar with these funky flora, be warned.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Excursions are led by Orvis-endorsed guide Scott Penn, who covers the history, flora and fauna of the region along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

He's concerned about how long it will take for flora and fauna to return.

From BBC May 2, 2026

“I hope my work can reflect the times we’re in through a lens of color,” he said, “and the flora and fauna of L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

Seven pulled out her flora field map, where she’d marked all the places they could find the flower beyond the Cursed Forest.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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

Some floras of early late Pliocene of the southwestern United States reflect a climate slightly cooler and more moist than the climates of the middle Pliocene.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

We can hardly doubt that some such change occurred between the Lower and Upper Cretaceous periods, the floras of which exhibit such an extraordinary contrast in general character.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

The imperfect condition of our information concerning very many countries, even of those partially explored, must render any estimate or comparison of the floras of those countries most fragmentary and imperfect.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The question of the mode in which the floras of islands and of continents have been formed gave rise to important speculations by such eminent botanical travellers as Charles Darwin, Sir J.D.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various




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