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flora

/ˈflɔːrə/noun

उच्चारण फ़्लॉर

वनस्पति, किसी क्षेत्र के पौधे

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noun
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    [U]

    the plants of a particular area, type of environment or period of time

    वनस्पति, किसी क्षेत्र के पौधे

    • the rich flora of the Western Ghats
    • a guide to the flora and fauna of the Sundarbans
    • Scientists are recording the flora of the Himalayan valleys.
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    • The island's flora includes rare orchids and ferns.
    • Students studied the local flora during their field trip.
◇Word family
floral adj.florist noun
§Grammar and usage

Flora takes a singular verb.

Flora के साथ singular verb आता है।

⌂Word origin and word building

From Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers; flor- gives floral, florist, flourish.

यह फूलों की रोमन देवी Flora से बना है; flor- से floral, florist, flourish बने हैं।

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One-word substitution

The plant life of a region; fauna is the animal life.

'किसी क्षेत्र का पादप-जीवन' के लिए यह शब्द आता है; पशु-जीवन fauna है।

Notes

The pair flora and fauna is a fixed phrase and a regular question.

'Flora and fauna' एक तय वाक्यांश और नियमित प्रश्न है।