GINGKO (gingkoes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: gingkoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gingko mean? 

• GINGKO (noun)
  The noun GINGKO has 1 sense:

1. deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree

  Familiarity information: GINGKO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GINGKO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gingko; ginkgo; Ginkgo biloba; maidenhair tree

Hypernyms ("gingko" is a kind of...):

gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)

 Context examples 

My eyes chanced to light upon the enormous gnarled trunk of the gingko tree which cast its huge branches over us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One problem is interactions, which may occur between: • Two drugs, such as aspirin and blood thinners • Drugs and food, such as statins and grapefruit • Drugs and supplements, such as gingko and blood thinners • Drugs and diseases, such as aspirin and peptic ulcers

(Drug Reactions, NIH)

One huge gingko tree, topping all the others, shot its great limbs and maidenhair foliage over the fort which we had constructed.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I climbed up on to a limb of the great gingko tree, but there was no secure perch on its rounded surface, and I should certainly have fallen off and broken my neck the moment I began to doze.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)