Ginkgoales

noun

coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales

• Syn: ↑order Ginkgoales

• Hypernyms: ↑plant order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ginkgopsida, ↑class Ginkgopsida, ↑Ginkgophytina, ↑class Ginkgophytina, ↑subdivision Ginkgophytina, ↑subdivision Ginkgophyta

• Member Meronyms: ↑Ginkgoaceae, ↑family Ginkgoaceae, ↑ginkgo family

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈā(ˌ)lēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ginkgo + -ales

: an order of gymnospermous trees that first appeared in the Permian and is represented by a single surviving species (Ginkgo biloba)