Ginkgo - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ginkgo : (noun)

1: deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree [syn: gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)