n. Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A flora in which all the plants are of minute size; a congeries of microscopic plants: opposed to macroflora.
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n. microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora
Word Usage
"It is clear as a cloudless day that hospital wards and their ancillary facilities need to be designed from a microbiological angle to make “life hard” for any kind of microflora to survive in problematic numbers."