ginkgoes

Noun

ginkgo (plural ginkgos or ginkgoes)

1. Any trees native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
   • Like cycads — their gymnosperm relatives — and ferns, the ginkgo produces motile sperm. […] In fact, the tree was originally thought to be extinct in the wild until two populations were located in China. Such native ginkgos remain rare, with a preference for rich, streamside habitats.2015 October 29, Dave Taft, “The Female Ginkgo Tree’s Acrid Smell of Success”, in The New York Times
2. The seed of a ginkgo tree.
   • I swear the gingko's working in reverse2001, J. G. Thirlwell, “Heuldoch 7B”, in Flow, performed by Foetus