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Ginkgo
Gink′go
,Noun.
pl.
Ginkgoes
(#)
. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (
Ginkgo biloba
) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ
. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree
. Definition 2024
Ginkgo
Ginkgo
Translingual
Proper noun
Ginkgo f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ginkgoaceae – gymnosperm trees with fan-shaped leaves, the sole known surviving genus of order Ginkgophyta with only one accepted surviving species Ginkgo biloba..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Ginkgophyta - division; Ginkgoopsida - class; Ginkgoales - order; Ginkgoaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ginkgo biloba - sole known extant species
- †Ginkgo adiantoides, †Ginkgo apodes, †Ginkgo digitata, †Ginkgo dissecta, †Ginkgo gardneri, †Ginkgo ginkgoidea, †Ginkgo huolinhensis, †Ginkgo huttonii, †Ginkgo yimaensis - extinct species
ginkgo
ginkgo
English
Noun
ginkgo (plural ginkgos or ginkgoes)
- Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
- The seed of the ginkgo tree.
Synonyms
Translations
tree
seed