Gink·go n.; pl. Ginkgoes 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.
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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)]