English to English noun
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all the plant life in a particular region or period |  | Example: Pleistocene vegetation the flora of southern California the botany of China
source: wordnet30
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the branch of biology that studies plants |  | source: wordnet30
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The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant. |  | source: webster1913
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