(n)deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree, Syn.Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree, gingko
(n)coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales, Syn.order Ginkgoales
n.; pl.Ginkgoes [ Chin., silver fruit. ] (Bot.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A division of trees comprising the ginkgos. In some systems it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta. Syn. --Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophytina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[おおいちょう(大銀杏);おおイチョウ(大イチョウ), ooichou ( dai ichou ); oo ichou ( dai ichou )](n) (1) large ginkgo tree; (2) ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division sumo wrestlers[Add to Longdo]