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gink•go



Pronunciation: (ging'kō, jing'-), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -goes.
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 Period, and existing almost exclusively in cultivation. Also,ging'ko.Also called maidenhair-tree.

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