ginkgo(n = noun.plant) gingko, ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree - deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree;
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]
ginkgo, n. (also gingko) (pl. -os or -oes) an orig. Chinese and Japanese tree, Ginkgo biloba, with fan-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. Also called maidenhair tree.