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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

This saint used to bow to them, and salute them with the words—“Salvete flores martyrum.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

Then come the roses--the beautiful June roses--the nimium breves flores of Horace.

From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs

Sow Mr. Enrol often flores me with his texts.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

Homo floresiensis, the diminutive “hobbit” species, was present on Flores when modern humans arrived.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Fundraiser organizers said on the GoFundMe website that Flores would have turned 14 on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

They’d come to see Johnson appear with De La Cruz and two Republican challengers: Tano Tijerina, a much vaunted recruit running against Cuellar, and Eric Flores, the GOP hope for unseating Gonzalez.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

After the first of Meier’s two interceptions gave the Oilers the ball at the JSerra 23, Teagan Goodgame caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Shaia, but Flores knocked down the one-point attempt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

The chief of state police in nearby Fortin de las Flores will not comment on the incident.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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