άλικο — meaning in English

English meaning

• cherry noun A small, round stone fruit, usually deep red, that grows on a tree of the genus Prunus.
• red adj Having the color of blood, ripe strawberries, or a stop light.

Senses

άλικο is used for these senses in English:

• cherry The wood of a cherry tree.
• cherry The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
• red (countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

cherry — full definition

1. noun A small, round stone fruit, usually deep red, that grows on a tree of the genus Prunus.
2. adj Bright red, the colour of a ripe cherry.
3. noun Informal: virginity, or someone's first experience of something.

red — full definition

1. adj Having the color of blood, ripe strawberries, or a stop light.
2. noun The color itself, one of the primary colors of light.
3. noun A supporter of communism or a left-wing/socialist movement, especially historically.
4. adj Having reddish-orange hair color.

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