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maidenhair tree

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The gingko (which see), so called from the resemblance of its leaves to the pinnules of the maidenhair fern.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree (Ginkgo biloba) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds, also called the ginkgo; it exists almost exclusively in cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Ginkgo biloba.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably from the resemblance of its leaves to the leaflets of the fronds of the maidenhair fern.]

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