3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. {Ginkgoes}. [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) A large ornamental tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of {Conifer[ae]}. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the {maidenhair tree}. [1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina Ginkgophyta From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: maidenhair tree \maidenhair tree\ n. A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds, also called the {ginkgo}; it exists almost exclusively in cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ginkgo n : deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree [syn: {gingko}, {maidenhair tree}, {Ginkgo biloba}] [also: {ginkgoes} (pl)]
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