flores

¹

[ flawr-eez, flohr- ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. flower ( def 9 ).

Flores

²

[ Spanish flaw-res flawr-is, -eez, flohr- Portuguese flaw-rish ]

noun

1. Juan Jo·sé [hwahn haw-, se], 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).

Flores

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flores¹

1655–65; < Latin flōrēs plural of flōs flower

Example Sentences

Wide receiver Rico Flores Jr. is expected to play against the Trojans after missing the last six games because of an unspecified injury.

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Anderson said Moore and her ex-boyfriend, Anthony David Flores, had embarked on a scheme to exploit the victim, Mark Sawusch, and “hijack his fortune.”

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Flores was sentenced in June to nearly 16 years in prison.

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Flores and Moore met Sawusch, a wealthy Malibu doctor and savvy investor worth more than $60 million, at an ice cream parlor off Venice Beach in June 2017.

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At the time, Moore and Flores lived in Fresno, where they operated a window-cleaning business and yoga studio.

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