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ginkyo

ginkyo is the alternative spelling of ginkgo.

Meaning of ginkgo

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

Forms of ginkyo

pluralginkyos

Questions about ginkyo

What is ginkyo the alternative spelling of?
Ginkyo is the alternative spelling of ginkgo.

Words near ginkyo in the dictionary

  1. ginkgophytes
  2. ginkgos
  3. ginkgotoxin
  4. ginkophyte
  5. ginks
  6. ginkyo
  7. ginkyos
  8. ginless
  9. ginlike
  10. ginmill
  11. ginmills

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