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Flora

The term flora has several meanings in English:

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

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