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maidenhair tree
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maidenhair tree has 1 sense
- maidenhair tree(n = noun.plant) gingko, ginkgo, ginkgo biloba - deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree; Array is a kind of gymnospermous tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
maidenhair tree, n.
A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree (Ginkgo biloba ) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds, also called the ginkgo ; it exists almost exclusively in cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree. [WordNet 1.5]
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