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Spell Bee Word: flora


Basic Details

Word: Flora

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: All the plants that grow in a particular place or at a particular time.

Synonyms: plants, vegetation, plant life

How to Spell Flora

Syllables: flo - ra

Tricky part: There is a single r, and the word ends in a, not ah or er.

Watch out for: florra, flaura, flowra

Memory tip: Flora and its partner fauna, the animal life, both end in a. Flowers and flora also begin with the same three letters.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The Western Ghats are home to rich flora found nowhere else.

Example 2: Our project was on the flora of the desert near Jaisalmer.

Example 3: Scientists study the flora and fauna of an island to learn how it changed.

Fun Fact

Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, which is how her name came to stand for the plant life of a region.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: flora

a) vegetation
b) animals
c) insects
d) rocks

Show answer

a) vegetation. Flora means the plants of an area, also called its vegetation.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

aolfr

a) flair
b) flora
c) floral
d) floor

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b) flora. Floor needs two o's, floral two l's and flair an i, which leaves flora.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The forest guide told us about the florra growing along the riverbank.

a) forest
b) guide
c) florra
d) riverbank

Show answer

c) florra. Flora takes a single r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is part of the flora of a forest?

a) eagles
b) deer
c) ferns
d) rivers

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c) ferns

2. Flora is to plants as fauna is to ____.

a) rocks
b) animals
c) rivers
d) clouds

Show answer

b) animals

Associated Words

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