单词 | ginkgo tree |
释义 | > as lemmasginkgo tree General attributive, as ginkgo nut, ginkgo seed, ginkgo tree, etc. ΚΠ 1802 J. Feltham Picture of London 298 Gingo-trees; three fine cedars; a cork-tree; a black walnut. 1863 R. Fortune Yedo & Peking ix. 139 Dried fruits for sale were numerous..such as oranges, pears, gingko-nuts (Salisburia adiantifolia),..and acorns. 1885 Science 19 June 495/2 A ginkgo leaf very much resembles a much enlarged and thickened pinnule of the maiden-hair fern (Adiantum). 1912 A. Conan Doyle Lost World x. 166 One huge gingko tree, topping all the others, shot its great limbs and maidenhair foliage over the fort which we had constructed. 1951 Econ. Bot. 5 12/1 Americans do not fancy ginkgo seeds, but both the Japanese and Chinese eat them as an appetizer, as a tasty ingredient in certain dishes, or after the meal to aid digestion. 1991 Arnoldia Summer 11/2 Ginkgo extract has been shown to increase short-term memory function in both healthy, young volunteers and elderly patients suffering from vascular disorders. 2010 Y. Wang et al. Anc. Wisdom, Mod. Kitchen 151/1 Crack open the shells with a nutcracker..and remove the ginkgo nuts. 2014 New Yorker 24 Nov. 47/1 The ginkgo family has been around since before the dinosaurs, and its only remaining member, Ginkgo biloba, is a living fossil, basically unchanged in two hundred million years. < as lemmas |
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