English Dictionary: Ginkgo biloba | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Ginkgo biloba | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Salisburia \[d8]Sal`is*bu"ri*a\, n. [Named after R. A. Salisbury, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The ginkgo tree ({Ginkgo biloba}, or {Salisburia adiantifolia}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. {Ginkgoes}. [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.) A large ornamental tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of {Conifer[91]}. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the {maidenhair tree}. |