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Webster 1913 Edition


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

See also: ginkgo and gingko

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Ginkgo f

  1. 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..

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German

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Noun

Ginkgo m (genitive Ginkgos, plural Ginkgos)

  1. ginkgo (tree)

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ginkgo

ginkgo

See also: Ginkgo and gingko

English

Noun

ginkgo (plural ginkgos or ginkgoes)

  1. Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
  2. The seed of the ginkgo tree.

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Portuguese

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Noun

ginkgo m (plural ginkgos)

  1. ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, a tree of China)