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Flory

1 American  
[flawr-ee, flohr-ee] / ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i /

noun

  1. Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.


flory 2 American  
[flawr-ee, flohr-ee] / ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i /

adjective

Heraldry.
  1. fleury.


flory British  
/ ˈflɜːrɪ, ˈflʊərɪ, ˈflɔːrɪ /

adjective

  1. (usually postpositive) heraldry containing a fleur-de-lys

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Etymology

Origin of flory

C15: from Old French floré , from flor flower

Example Sentences

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When we’ve all finished, I break into a song by Flory Jagoda—a woman who was a champion of Sephardic music and sang in Ladino.

From Literature

Calling it a "horrible tragedy", the VC of Marketing and Communications at Washington University in St. Louis, Julie Flory said, "We shared this sad news with members of our community as soon as we could and according to the wishes of Amarnath's closest contacts."

From BBC

This work was supported by NIH grants R01 HD049347 and R21 HD 087088; NSF grants BCS 1439290 and BCS 1940980; and funding from the Mabel H. Flory Trust.

From Science Daily

Some have been conducted in Europe, where the common breeds, as well as other factors such as neutering or spaying practices, differ from those in the U.S., says veterinary oncologist Andi Flory, co-founder and chief medical officer of PetDx, a California-based pet diagnostics company.

From Scientific American

To determine what factors were associated with age of cancer diagnosis, Flory and her team at PetDx evaluated previously collected data from 3,452 dogs in three separate groups.

From Scientific American