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GINKGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ginkgoes   

 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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ginkgo" is a kind of...):

gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)

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 Context examples: 

These comparisons and the unique features of U. mongoliensis indicate that ginkgo is the last living member of a group of plants that was much more diverse and important in the past.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)

Ginkgo biloba exocarp polysaccharides (GBEP) can inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis and differentiation of tumor cells.

(Ginkgo, NCI Thesaurus)

Ginkgo has large seeds with a fleshy outer covering, but U. mongoliensis has small, winged seeds.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)

However, the seed-bearing structures are not like those of today's ginkgo tree, Herendeen says.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)

While the U. mongoliensis seeds are dissimilar to those of any other living or extinct plant, preliminary comparisons connect them with the seed-bearing structures of two groups of extinct plants that may be part of the ginkgo lineage.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)