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  flores

  noun

  flower.
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  Flores

  noun

  Juan José 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.

flores

¹ American  

[flawr-eez, flohr-] / ˈflɔr iz, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. flower.

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Flores ² American  

[flaw-res, flawr-is, -eez, flohr-, flaw-rish] / ˈflɔ rɛs, ˈflɔr ɪs, -iz, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɔ rɪʃ /

noun

1. Juan José 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.

2. one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, separated from Sulawesi by the Flores Sea. 7,753 sq. mi. (20,080 sq. km).

3. the westernmost island of the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 55 sq. mi. (142 sq. km).

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Flores British  

/ ˈflɔːrɛs /

noun

1. an island in Indonesia, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between the Flores Sea and the Savu Sea: mountainous, with active volcanoes and unexplored forests. Chief town: Ende. Area: 17 150 sq km (6622 sq miles)

2. an island in the Atlantic, the westernmost of the Azores. Chief town: Santa Cruz. Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of flores

1655–65; < Latin flōrēs plural of flōs flower

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Example Sentences

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flores Flores

Dressed in a large white tablecloth adorned with plastic fruit and a crown of pink flores de maga atop her dark, curly brown hair, Colón strides onstage with effortless confidence.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2019

They are sometimes called flores rhetoricae—“the flowers of rhetoric.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

The much-vaunted pucheros de flores are still occasionally displayed for sale.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross

This thought," says he, "is taken from the idyllium of Ausonius on the rose:— 'Ambigeres raperetne rosis Aurora ruborem, An daret, et flores tingere torta dies.'

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões

His first appearance as a poet dated from 1840, when he published his Ternezas y flores, a collection of idyllic verses, remarkable for their technical excellence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

Flores and others said they were unnerved by this year’s storm season, and worried that it was a consequence of humans throwing the natural world out of balance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in a federal court in New York in July.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Her son-in-law had earlier told AFP that Flores was suffering from a "prolapsed" heart, a condition that, in rare, severe cases, can cause heart failure.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Times staff writer Andrea Flores and Richard Winton contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Next time I pass, I Manuel Flores, truster of nobody, most of all not strangers, I lift my hand in the littlest wave, like a tiny small flag.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

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