ginkgo biloba

4 definitions found

ginkgo biloba - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina
     Ginkgophyta

  Salisburia \Sal`is*bu"ri*a\, n. [Named after R. A. Salisbury, an
     English botanist.] (Bot.)
     The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia
     ).
     [1913 Webster]

  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.
     [WordNet 1.5]

ginkgo biloba - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ginkgo biloba
      n 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:
           ginkgo, gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba]