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# ginkgo

«ginkgo» in Mova's school dictionary: **A tall tree with fan-shaped leaves that turn bright…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a ginkgo, ginkgos or ginkgoes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tall tree with fan-shaped leaves that turn bright yellow in autumn; it is called a living fossil because trees like it grew in the time of the dinosaurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#m1)

2) A medicine or supplement made from its leaves (ginkgo biloba). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it is an example of a living fossil and an ancient plant. In everyday life you may see ginkgo trees in city streets and parks. Phrases: ginkgo leaf, ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree (its other name).

### examples

- The ginkgo in the park turns golden yellow in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#x1)
- Ginkgo leaves look like little fans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#x2)
- Ginkgo trees were around when dinosaurs lived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#x3)
- Some ginkgo trees survived the bomb in Hiroshima. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#x4)
- Grandma takes ginkgo tablets, but you should only take medicine an adult gives you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#x5)
- The seeds of a female ginkgo tree smell very bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/#x6)

### note

Spelled ginkgo (g-i-n-k-g-o), though many people say and wrongly write gingko. Pronounced GINK-oh. Its seeds can be poisonous raw; do not eat them.

### In the corpora

- [It is so tough that ginkgos near the Hiroshima bomb sprouted again from their roots, kept safe under the soil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ginkgo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ginkgo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.