noun · academic
flora
/ˈflɔːrə/FLA·ra
Band 6-7speakingtask2
the plants of a particular region or period considered as a group
Examples
“The mountain's flora changes noticeably with altitude.”
“Botanists documented the flora around the wetlands.”
“Conserving both flora and fauna is essential for ecosystem stability.”
Band 8 sentence
“In my presentation I argued that restoring native flora is the first step to rehabilitating degraded landscapes.”
Collocations
- native flora
- medicinal flora
Word family
flora noun
Common mistakes
floras→flora
plants→flora
Say it for a higher band
5plants→6vegetation→7+flora
Synonyms
vegetation
Easily confused
vegetation
“The satellite images revealed sparse vegetation across the degraded hill slopes.”
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