microfloran.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌflɔːrə/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪkroʊˌflɔrə/

Forms: 1900s– microflora, 1900s– mikroflora (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: micro- comb. form, flora n.

Etymology: < micro- comb. form + flora n., after macroflora n.

Biology.

1. A flora made up of small plants; spec. the alpine flora. Cf. macroflora n. 1. rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1905 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1904 351 Has any competent hand celebrated the mikroflora of the highest ridges, those tiny, vivid forget-me-nots and gentians.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Microflora, a flora in which all the plants are of minute size; a congeries of microscopic plants.

1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 233/2 Microflora, (1) the alpine flora, especially when small and massed (Freshfield).

2. With plural agreement: bacteria and microscopic algae and fungi; spec. those of a particular habitat, region, etc. Also (with singular agreement): a group, class, community, or list of such organisms. Cf. macroflora n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > flora > microflora

microflora1908

1908 Science 6 Nov. 620/2 The state of the microflora of the soil may also have much to do with the amount of a given nutrient which can reach the plant.

1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 233/2 Microflora, (2) the microscopic flora of a given locality.

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. viii. 235 The microflora of the soil..is composed of countless bacteria, fungi, and algae.

1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 85/1 The exobiologists have insisted that..the astronauts' microflora—bacteria and other organisms—have all been typed and catalogued.

1974 Nature 8 Feb. 361/2 This previously unknown micro~flora of blue-green and green or red algal affinities is from..the Bungle Bungle dolomite which outcrops in the Osmond Range of Western Australia.

1992 B. Bova Mars 60 Some of the stones found elsewhere in Antarctica have microflora living in cracks in their surfaces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	microflora
释义	microfloran. Brit. /ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌflɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌflɔrə/ Forms: 1900s– microflora, 1900s– mikroflora (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: micro- comb. form, flora n. Etymology: < micro- comb. form + flora n., after macroflora n. Biology. 1. A flora made up of small plants; spec. the alpine flora. Cf. macroflora n. 1. rare. Perhaps Obsolete. ΚΠ 1905 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1904 351 Has any competent hand celebrated the mikroflora of the highest ridges, those tiny, vivid forget-me-nots and gentians. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Microflora, a flora in which all the plants are of minute size; a congeries of microscopic plants. 1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 233/2 Microflora, (1) the alpine flora, especially when small and massed (Freshfield). 2. With plural agreement: bacteria and microscopic algae and fungi; spec. those of a particular habitat, region, etc. Also (with singular agreement): a group, class, community, or list of such organisms. Cf. macroflora n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > flora > microflora microflora1908 1908 Science 6 Nov. 620/2 The state of the microflora of the soil may also have much to do with the amount of a given nutrient which can reach the plant. 1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 233/2 Microflora, (2) the microscopic flora of a given locality. 1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. viii. 235 The microflora of the soil..is composed of countless bacteria, fungi, and algae. 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 85/1 The exobiologists have insisted that..the astronauts' microflora—bacteria and other organisms—have all been typed and catalogued. 1974 Nature 8 Feb. 361/2 This previously unknown micro~flora of blue-green and green or red algal affinities is from..the Bungle Bungle dolomite which outcrops in the Osmond Range of Western Australia. 1992 B. Bova Mars 60 Some of the stones found elsewhere in Antarctica have microflora living in cracks in their surfaces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905
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