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What is the difference between flora and flower?

flora | flower |

Flower is a related term of flora.



As nouns the difference between flora and flower

is that flora is plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc while flower is a colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.

As a proper noun Flora

is the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.

As a verb flower is

to put forth blooms.

flora

English

Noun

  • plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
  • *
    • Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
  • a book describing the plants of a country etc.
  • The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

    • Synonyms

    * (microorganisms) microflora

    Coordinate terms

    * fauna

    flower

    English

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    Alternative forms

    * flowre (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) flour, from (etyl) flur, from (etyl) (more at (l)).

    Noun