Ginkgoes

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 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)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ginkgoes
       See {ginkgo}