Definition of "Flora"

Flora

/ˈflɔːɹə/

proper noun
1. (Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
2. (astronomy) 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
3. A female given name from Latin.
  Quotations
  What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star, / And Sylvia like a rustling tree, / And Lola like a melody, / And Flora like a flowery morn, […]
  1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91
4. A surname.
5. A municipality of Norway.
6. A city in Illinois.
7. A resort in Suriname.
8. A municipality of the Philippines.
9. A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
10. A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
11. A village in Norway.