[syn: plant, flora, plant life]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flora \Flo"ra\, n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos,
floris, flower. See Flower.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flora
n 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period;
"Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern
California"; "the botany of China" [syn: vegetation,
flora, botany] [ant: fauna, zoology]
2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
[syn: plant, flora, plant life]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "Flora":
Ceres, Cora, Demeter, Dionysos, Dionysus, Frey, Gaea, Gaia, Kore,
Persephassa, Persephone, Pomona, Proserpina, Proserpine,
Triptolemos, Triptolemus, corn god, fertility god, forest god,
vegetation spirit
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Flora, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 5086
Housing Units (2000): 2352
Land area (2000): 4.437148 sq. miles (11.492159 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000241 sq. miles (0.000623 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.437389 sq. miles (11.492782 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26454
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.669813 N, 88.484105 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62839
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Flora, IL
Flora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Flora, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 2227
Housing Units (2000): 959
Land area (2000): 1.032246 sq. miles (2.673506 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.032246 sq. miles (2.673506 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23692
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.545819 N, 86.523367 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46929
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Flora, IN
Flora
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Flora, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 1546
Housing Units (2000): 606
Land area (2000): 3.403633 sq. miles (8.815368 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.403633 sq. miles (8.815368 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24940
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 32.543056 N, 90.311843 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39071
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Flora, MS
Flora