ginkgo
- n deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree
ginkgo biloba
- n deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree
ginkgo family
- n constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms
ginkgoaceae
- n constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms
ginkgoales
- n coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales
ginkgophytina
- n ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
ginkgopsida
- n ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
ginmill
- n a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
ginseng
- n aromatic root of ginseng plants
- n Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
ginzo
- n (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
gioacchino pecci
- n Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
giordano bruno
- n Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)