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ginkgo — /ging koh, jing /, n., pl. ginkgoes. a large shade tree, Ginkgo biloba, native to China, having fan shaped leaves and fleshy seeds with edible kernels: the sole surviving species of the gymnosperm family Ginkgoaceae, which thrived in the Jurassic … Universalium
Ginkgo biloba — This article is about the tree. For the Goethe poem, see Gingo biloba. Ginkgo biloba Temporal range: 49.5–0 Ma … Wikipedia
nut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. kernel, stone, nutmeat; seed, core; slang, eccentric, crank, crackpot (sl.), kook (sl.). See food, insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A dry fruit] Syn. seed, kernel, stone, achene, caryopsis, utricle;… … English dictionary for students
The Sound of the Mountain — infobox book name = The Sound of the Mountain title orig = 山の音 Yama no Oto author = Yasunari Kawabata country = Japan language = Japanese genre = Novel publisher = pub date = english pub date = 1970 media type = Print (paperback) preceded by =… … Wikipedia
Nico-N — was developed by South Korean scientist and professor Hyun Won Kim of the University of Yonsei’s College of Medicine. Nico N ingredients include Chinese quince, dried orange peel, mulberry leaf, green tea, ginkgo nut, liquorice root, apple,… … Wikipedia
List of major tree genera — The major tree genera are listed below. Flowering plants (Magnoliophyta; angiosperms) Dicotyledons (Magnoliopsida; broadleaf or hardwood trees)* Adoxaceae (Moschatel family) ** Moschatel, Adoxa moschatellina ** Elderberry, Sambucus species **… … Wikipedia
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
List of edible seeds — A list of edible seeds here includes seeds that are directly foodstuffs, rather than yielding derived products.A variety of species can provide edible seeds. Of the six major plant parts, seeds are the most important source of human food. The… … Wikipedia
Living fossil — is an informal term for any living species (or clade) of organism which appears to be the same as a species otherwise only known from fossils and has no close living relatives. These species have all survived major extinction events, and… … Wikipedia
List of culinary nuts — According to the botanical definition, nuts are a type of dry fruit that do not split apart along a single seam once they have reached maturity. [cite web | url=http://www.biology online.org/dictionary/Nut | title=Nut | work=Biology Online… … Wikipedia
