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[syn: ginkgo, gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
maidenhair tree
n 1: deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves
and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in
cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree [syn:
ginkgo, gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba]