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- noun Plural form of
gingko .
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Examples
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Sycamores and gingkos conversed in low philosophical woodtones.
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He also believed the site would be perfect for Chinese pistaches, gingkos and Chinese (Ms. Li insists they're not "Japanese") maples -- all of which will offer a heavy dose of vibrant color come fall.
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The first delicate buds of the cut-leaf maples and gingkos were peeping like chicks from their long winter's sleep.
Black Blade Lustbader, Eric Van 1992
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Lebanon, trees of heaven from China, fern-leaved gingkos from Japan, lofty tulip-trees and liquidambars from America, and fantastic sylvan forms from islands of the Southern Ocean.
The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales Henry Van Dyke 1892
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Pasadena now wants to remove more of its best, most important trees, the magnificent, shade-giving ficus that line Colorado Boulevard and replace them with scrawny gingkos and fan palms.
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