    • n. A deciduous, dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) native to
China and having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellowish seeds
with a disagreeable odor. The male plants are often grown as
ornamental street trees. Also called maidenhair tree.  from
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• n. Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-
shaped leaves and edible seeds.   • n. The seed of the ginkgo
tree.  from the GNU version of the Collaborative International
Dictionary of English    • n. A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo
biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of
Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns,
that it is also called the maidenhair tree.  from The Century
Dictionary and Cyclopedia    • n. See gingko, 1.     Probably
from ginkō, an artificial or mistaken Sino-Japanese reading of
the Chinese characters for ginkgo : Japanese gin, silver (from
Middle Chinese ŋin) + Japanese kō, kyō, apricot (from Middle
Chinese). From Chinese 鴨脚 (yā