ginkgo

Gink"go, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. Etym: [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) Defn: 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.

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