Foliage vs Flora - What's the difference?
foliage | flora |
The leaves of plants.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage , and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
(lb) Fall foliage.
An architectural ornament representing foliage.
plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
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a book describing the plants of a country etc.
The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora
As nouns the difference between foliage and flora
is that foliage is the leaves of plants while flora is plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.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.foliage
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(wikipedia)Alternative forms
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flora
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- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.