maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba L.)

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• Ginkgo biloba — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ginkgo biloba — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• maidenhair tree — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ginkgo biloba — Ginkgo Älterer Ginkgobaum (Ginkgo biloba) Systematik Unterreich: Gefäßpflanzen (Tracheobionta) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Ginkgo biloba Linne — Ginkgo Älterer Ginkgobaum (Ginkgo biloba) Systematik Unterreich: Gefäßpflanzen (Tracheobionta) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Ginkgo Biloba — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ginkgo …   Wikipédia en Français

• Ginkgo biloba — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ginkgo …   Wikipédia en Français

• Ginkgo biloba — This article is about the tree. For the Goethe poem, see Gingo biloba. Ginkgo biloba Temporal range: 49.5–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Ginkgo biloba — 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 • Hypernyms: ↑gymnospermous tree *… …   Useful english dictionary

• Ginkgo biloba — A tall ornamental deciduous tree of the family Ginkgoaceae with distinctive bilobed fan shaped leaves; female trees bear edible seeds surrounded by a fleshy covering that when ripe smells strongly of butyric acid; native to China, but extinct in… …   Medical dictionary