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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A flora in which all the plants are of minute size; a congeries of microscopic plants: opposed to macroflora.

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  • noun Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.

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  • noun microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora

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