flores

[flawr-eez, flohr-]

noun (used with a singular verb) Chemistry.

flower(def 11).

Origin of flores

1655–65; < Latin flōrēs plural of flōs flower

Flores

[Spanish flaw-res for 1; flawr-is, -eez, flohr- for 2; Portuguese flaw-rish for 3]

noun

Juan Jo·sé [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/, 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, separated from Sulawesi by the Flores Sea. 7753 sq. mi. (20,080 sq. km).
the westernmost island of the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 55 sq. mi. (142 sq. km).

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Contemporary Examples of flores

Like many young girls, Flores used to idealize a thinner body.
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May 3, 2014
Pulling me away from the crowd at the VFW, Flores said, “We suffered, we lost men, we bled that day.”
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Daniel Klaidman
October 9, 2013
He was also ordered to pay the Flores family around $75,000 in damages.
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May 31, 2013
Navarro worries that may mean the politically powerful Flores family will mete out their own brand of justice.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau
March 8, 2011
The case was circumstantial, he maintained; no DNA linked Forde directly to the Flores trailer.
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Terry Greene Sterling
February 15, 2011

Historical Examples of flores

Flores, eager to do anything for the Priest, agreed to guide them.
The Web of the Golden Spider
Frederick Orin Bartlett
Flores followed her into the mountains among which they had both grown.
The Web of the Golden Spider
Frederick Orin Bartlett
He looked at Jo who had become as silent as ever the wife of Flores was.
The Web of the Golden Spider
Frederick Orin Bartlett
In passing the island of Flores, a most tremendous storm arose.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora
Edward Edwards
Not even the men who have found the African coast and the isle of Flores?
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Rupert Sargent Holland

British Dictionary definitions for flores

Flores

noun

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)
(Portuguese ˈflorɪʃ) 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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