flora : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flora	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flora n all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" Synonym(s): vegetation, flora, botany Antonym(s): fauna, zoology (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion Synonym(s): plant, flora, plant life
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flora \Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring. 2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Flora, IL (city, FIPS 26454) Location: 38.67049 N, 88.47877 W Population (1990): 5054 (2291 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62839 Flora, IN (town, FIPS 23692) Location: 40.54494 N, 86.52336 W Population (1990): 2179 (929 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46929 Flora, MS (town, FIPS 24940) Location: 32.54742 N, 90.31197 W Population (1990): 1482 (540 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39071 Flora, ND Zip code(s): 58348