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GINGKO
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Irregular inflected form: gingkoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree
Synonyms:
gingko; ginkgo; Ginkgo biloba; maidenhair tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gingko" is a kind of...):
gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)