Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. {Ginkgoes}. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) from China and
Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of {Conifer[ae]}. Its
leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is
also called the {maidenhair tree}.
[1913 Webster] Ginkgophytina
Ginkgophyta