GRE Word List

FLORA

a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period

The meaning of the word flora is a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period.

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tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
ingenuea naive girl or young woman
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
assailto attack violently : assault
speechlessunable to speak : dumb
interloperone that interlopes: such as
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage