flora Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun all the plant life in a particular region or period
    botany; vegetation.
    • Pleistocene vegetation
    • the flora of southern California
    • the botany of China
  2. noun (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    plant; plant life.

WordNet

Flo"ra noun
Etymology
L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See Flower.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913