Gingko (Noun)
Meaning
Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The streets of Tokyo were lined with tall gingko trees, their leaves glowing yellow in the autumn sun.
- She admired the elegant gingko trees planted along the college quadrangle.
- Only one natural stand of the gingko is known, with an area of just a few acres.
- At dawn and dusk the streets filled with a snow-like drift of golden gingko seeds, brittle leaves curled within the light flakes.
- That spring's shipment of one-hundred and sixty five Gingko trees destined to fill those last park and thoroughfare orders just loaded today arrived several hours later on just this Wednesday morn to satisfy for rest-of the trees’ load sent due since shipment long just preceding storm warnings released!