flora Synonyms
Another word for flora
• noun (Context 1)
The plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period, considered collectively.
"The island's native vegetation includes rare orchids and ancient ferns found nowhere else on Earth."
• noun (Context 2)
The community of symbiotic microorganisms, especially bacteria and fungi, that naturally inhabit a particular organ or surface of the body.
"Taking a broad-spectrum antibiotic can temporarily disrupt your healthy intestinal microbiota."
• noun (Context 3)
A systematic treatise, book, or catalog describing and listing the plant species of a particular region or period.
"She packed an illustrated field herbal of the Pacific Northwest in her backpack to help identify wildflowers along the trail."
Opposites of flora
The opposite of flora shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: