The term flora has several meanings in English:
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Flora is a collective term for plant life; as distinct from Fauna (animals).
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Flora is also a book listing plants. - see Flora (plants)
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Flora was a goddess in Roman mythology - see Flora (goddess)
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Flora is a brand of margarine made by Unilever. A former marketing slogan was "Are you a Flora man?"
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Flora is also a girl's name. Some notable women with the name flora are:
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Flora Brovina, a Yugoslavian pediatrician, feminist, poet, and human rights activist
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Flora MacDonald, a Canadian politician
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Flora Macdonald, a Jacobite who aided Prince Charles Edward.
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Flora Robson, a British acress
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Flora Sheldon, the grandmother of US President George H. W. Bush
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Flora Tristan, a founder of modern feminism
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Flora Twort, an English painter
- There are several places called Flora
- There is an asteroid called 8 Flora
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