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Definitions for Ginkgo
ˈgɪŋ koʊ, ˈdʒɪŋ-gink·go

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ginkgo, gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo bilobanoun

    deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree

Wiktionary

  1. ginkgonoun

    A tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.

  2. ginkgonoun

    The seed of the ginkgo tree.

  3. Etymology: From Chinese 鴨脚 (yājiǎo) "duck feet" due to the shape of the leaves, the pronunciation then changing (along with the characters) to 銀杏 (yínxìng) "silver apricot". The same characters 銀杏 are used in Japanese (ichō) and Korean (eunhang). The Japanese characters used to write ginkgo look as though they could be read ginkyō, and this was the name Engelbert Kaempfer, the first Westerner to see the species in 1690, wrote down in his Amoenitates Exoticae (1712). However, his "y" was misread as a "g", and the misspelling stuck.

Wikipedia

  1. Ginkgo

    Ginkgo is a genus of non-flowering seed plants. The scientific name is also used as the English name. The order to which it belongs, Ginkgoales, first appeared in the Permian, 270 million years ago, and Ginkgo is now the only living genus within the order. The rate of evolution within the genus has been slow, and almost all its species had become extinct by the end of the Pliocene. The sole surviving species, Ginkgo biloba is only found in the wild in China, but is cultivated around the world. The relationships between ginkgos and other groups of plants are not fully resolved.

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  1. ginkgo

    Ginkgo is a type of large, deciduous tree native to China known for its distinctive fan-shaped leaves. It belongs to the Ginkgoaceae family and is considered a living fossil because it has no close relatives and retains many primitive plant characteristics. Its seeds and leaves have been used in traditional medicine and as food, and it is also grown as a decorative tree because of its unique appearance. The Ginkgo Biloba is the only surviving species within this category of plants.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ginkgonoun

    a large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree

  2. Etymology: [Chin., silver fruit.]

Wikidata

  1. Ginkgo

    Ginkgo is a musical group.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ginkgo in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ginkgo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Ginkgo in a Sentence

  1. Yoshinori Mizutani:

    (The) parakeets live in ginkgo trees, and I wanted to capture them with the changing background of the four seasons, especially with the ginkgo leaves turning yellow in autumn, i learned that they change the tree on which they build nests and the time and direction they take to return home depending on the season.

  2. Kat Van Kirk:

    This means it can help fortify your overall health and be better on your stomach so you won’t feel sluggish during sex, she says. RELATED: Shirtless Nick Jonas Explains How He Got His New Buff Body 5. There's even a beer specifically engineered to enhance performance. 50 Shades of Green is basically like green juice and Viagra combined. It uses ginseng, ginkgo biloba and damiana to achieve increased sexual desire, blood flow and nerve stimulation.

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