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 →

2) A medicine or supplement made from its leaves (ginkgo biloba). tree →

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 →
• Ginkgo leaves look like little fans. tree →
• Ginkgo trees were around when dinosaurs lived. tree →
• Some ginkgo trees survived the bomb in Hiroshima. tree →
• Grandma takes ginkgo tablets, but you should only take medicine an adult gives you. tree →
• The seeds of a female ginkgo tree smell very bad. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ginkgo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.