ginkgo

/ging-koh, jing-/US // ˈgɪŋ koʊ, ˈdʒɪŋ- //UK // (ˈɡɪŋkɡəʊ) //

银杏,银杏树,白果,中国银杏

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural gink·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.

I remember another magnificent ginkgo inside the enclosure of the Hosenbo Temple at 3,700 feet.
An ally of theirs, the Ginkgo or Maidenhair tree, seems to have been extremely common in certain geological periods.
The Bigtree group (Sequoia p. 47) was a companion of the Ginkgo in its flourishing period.
It is represented here with its branches and fronds, which bear some resemblance to the leaves of the ginkgo.
To him is credited the introduction of the Ginkgo tree and the Lombardy poplar to America.
In the same way we thought at first that a llama was a Chinese ginkgo.