'Ginkgo biloba' definitions:
Definition of 'Ginkgo biloba'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Ginkgo biloba'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Ginkgo biloba'
From: GCIDE
- Salisburia \Sal`is*bu"ri*a\, n. [Named after R. A. Salisbury, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or {Salisburia adiantifolia}). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ginkgo biloba'
From: 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