ginkgo
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ginkgo
- /ˈɡɪŋ.kəʊ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪŋkəʊ
Where it comes from
From Japanese 銀杏 (ginkyō), from Chinese 銀杏／银杏 (yínxìng, “silver apricot”). Ginkgo is the name that is printed in Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum Fasciculi V … (1712) authored by Engelbert Kaempfer, the first Westerner to see the species. In his way of transcription ginkyo would have been Ginkjo or Ginkio but was printed as Ginkgo. This was read by Carl Linnaeus, and the misspelling stuck.
noun ginkgos · ginkgoes · gingko
- Any trees native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds. Like cycads — their gymnosperm relatives — and ferns, the ginkgo produces motile sperm. […] In fact, the tree was originally thought to be extinct in the wild until two populations were located in China. Such native ginkgos remain rare, with a preference for rich, streamside habitats.
- The seed of a ginkgo tree. I swear the gingko's working in reverse
Similar: maidenhair tree
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noun
Similar: maidenhair tree
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noun tree
| Español | ginkgo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 은행나무 eunhaengnamu |
| 日本語 | 銀杏 ichō, 公孫樹 ichō |
| 中文 | 銀杏 /银杏 yínxìng, 白果 báiguǒ, 公孫樹 /公孙树 gōngsūnshù |
| Kiswahili | mginko |
| Português | ginkgo |
| Français | ginkgo, gingko |
| Deutsch | Ginkgo, Ginko, Ginkgobaum, Ginkobaum, Ginkjo, Mädchenhaarbaum |
| Ελληνικά | γκίγκο gkígko |
| Română | ginkgo |
| Русский | ги́нкго gínkgo |
| Tiếng Việt | bạch quả |
noun seed
| 한국어 | 은행 eunhaeng |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 銀杏 ginnan |
| 中文 | 白果 báiguǒ, 銀杏 /银杏 yínxìng |
| Kiswahili | ginko |
| Français | noix de ginkgo, noix de gingko |
| Русский | ги́нкго gínkgo |
| Tiếng Việt | bạch quả |
Talk about this word "ginkgo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ginkgo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ginkgo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ginkgo "ginkgo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ginkgo.Cite this
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title = {ginkgo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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