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floreses

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flo⋅res

[flawr-eez, flohr-]
–noun (used with a plural verb) Chemistry.
flower (def. 11).

Origin:
1655–65; < L flōrēs pl. of flōs flower

Flo⋅res

[Sp. flaw-res for 1; flawr-is, -eez, flohr- for 2; Port. flaw-rish for 3]
–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. ab. 200,000 with adjacent islands; 7753 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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