flora

noun
🔊/ˈflɔːrə/
🔊/ˈflɔːrə/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the plants of a particular area, type of environment or period of time(某地区、环境或时期的)植物群,植物区系
    • alpine flora高山植物群
    • rare species of flora and fauna (= plants and animals)动植物的罕见物种
    Topics Plants and treesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlora is used after these nouns:
    • gut
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin flos, flor- ‘flower’.