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GINKGO FAMILY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms

Synonyms:

family Ginkgoaceae; ginkgo family; Ginkgoaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "ginkgo family"):

genus Ginkgo (sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae)

Holonyms ("ginkgo family" is a member of...):

Ginkgoales; order Ginkgoales (coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales)

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