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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 also called the maidenhair tree.

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 street tree.

Ginkgo biloba

Salisburia \Sal`is*bu"ri*a\, n. [Named after R. A. Salisbury, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The ginkgo tree ( Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).

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Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba, known as ginkgo, also spelled gingko (both pronounced ), or as the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is widely cultivated and was introduced early to human history. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food. The genus name Ginkgo is regarded as a misspelling of the Japanese gin kyo, "silver apricot".

Usage examples of "ginkgo biloba".

Lilly discovered this yesterday after play rehearsal when she went to buy ginkgo biloba puffs and Ling Su, in front of her in line, bought the same thing.

He was also taking Ginkgo Biloba, Saw Palmetto, St John's Wort Viand baby aspirin.

Even with his brain cells whizzing along on ginkgo biloba, there was no way to remember ten thousand necks.