genus Ginkgo

genus Ginkgo
noun
sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae
Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ginkgoaceae, ↑family Ginkgoaceae, ↑ginkgo family

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  • Ginkgo — Taxobox name = Ginkgo fossil range = fossil range|199.6|0Jurassiccite book | year=1993 | last=Taylor | first=Thomas N. | coauthors=Edith L. Taylor | title=The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants | pages=138, 197 | location=Englewood Cliffs, NJ …   Wikipedia

  • ginkgo family — noun constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms • Syn: ↑Ginkgoaceae, ↑family Ginkgoaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ginkgoales, ↑order Ginkgoales …   Useful english dictionary

  • ginkgo — gink·go (gingґko) [NF] 1. a tree of the genus Ginkgo. 2. the dried leaves of Ginkgo biloba, used for symptomatic relief of brain dysfunction, for intermittent claudication, and for tinnitus and vertigo of vascular origin. It is also used in… …   Medical dictionary

  • Ginkgo — ID 37330 Symbol Key GINKG Common Name ginkgo Family Ginkgoaceae Category Gymnosperm Division Ginkgophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution DC, KY, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

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  • ginkgo — gink·go also ging·ko (gĭng’kō) n. pl. gink·goes also ging·koes ▸ A deciduous, dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) native to China and having fan shaped leaves used in herbal medicine. The female plants bear foul smelling fleshy fruitlike structures… …   Word Histories

  • Ginkgo biloba — A tall ornamental deciduous tree of the family Ginkgoaceae with distinctive bilobed fan shaped leaves; female trees bear edible seeds surrounded by a fleshy covering that when ripe smells strongly of butyric acid; native to China, but extinct in… …   Medical dictionary

  • Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale — Taxobox name = Ginkgo toothed Beaked Whale status = DD status system = iucn2.3 image width = 250px image width = 250px image2 width = 250px image2 caption = Size comparison against an average human regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis =… …   Wikipedia

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