Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ginkgo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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