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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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.