Flora vs. Vegetation

Floranoun

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

Floranoun

A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.

Floranoun

The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body, such as intestinal flora

Floranoun

The goddess of flowers and spring.

Floranoun

The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

Floranoun

all the plant life in a particular region

Floranoun

a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Flora

Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna.

Vegetationnoun

(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.

Vegetationnoun

An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth

Vegetationnoun

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

Vegetationnoun

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

Vegetationnoun

The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

Vegetationnoun

An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

Vegetationnoun

all the plant life in a particular region

Vegetationnoun

the process of growth in plants

Vegetationnoun

an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)

Vegetationnoun

inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life;

Vegetation

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics.