gingko

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Ginkgo biloba also commonly known as the gingko is not found in the wild but it has been preserved by Chinese monks in the Chinese temple gardens as a scared tree since ancient times.

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  1. noun Variant of ginkgo.

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  • Ginkgo biloba also commonly known as the gingko is not found in the wild but it has been preserved by Chinese monks in the Chinese temple gardens as a scared tree since ancient times. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • & NUTRACEUTICALS & BOTANICALS SUPPLEMENTS Vitamin C, gingko, St. John's wort, Fish oil, antioxidants, weight loss, saw palmetto, tribulus sexual aids, remedies Product benefit: —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Here occur also such, at present, widely separated trees as the gingko now native of China, and the Sequoia now native of the Pacific Coast. —  Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
  • TREES TOLD BY THEIR FORM: ELM, POPLAR, GINGKO AND WILLOW How to tell them from other trees: The trees described in this group are so distinctive in their general form that they may, for the purpose of study, be grouped together, and distinguished from all other trees by this characteristic How to tell them from each other: The American elm is vase-like in shape; the Lombardy poplar is narrow and spire-like_; the gingko or maidenhair tree, is odd in its mode of branching_; and the weeping willow is extremely pendulous AMERICAN ELM (_Ulmus americana Distinguishing characters: The tree can be told at a glance by its general branching habit. —  Studies of Trees
  • When will the great purge for caffeine and gingko, and alcohol come? —  JournalStar.com - News Articles
 

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  1. from Japanese ginkō, gingkō, from Chinese yin-hing, ‘silver apricot,’ from yin, silver, + hing, apricot.
 

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/ˈgɪŋkoʊ/
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