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Definition of Genus ginkgo

1. Noun. Sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ginkgo

Literary usage of Genus ginkgo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... in preference to the uncouth " genus Ginkgo and " incorrect " specific term biloba. Both name* are still in common use. On account of the resemblance of ..."

2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1900)
"... the earlier relatives of the living genus Ginkgo. This reference, which was accepted by Schenck,' appears to find favour with most foreign ..."

3. Fossil Botany: Being an Introduction to Palaeophytology from the Standpoint by Hermann Solms-Laubach, Henry Edward Fowler Garnsey (1891)
"... once gained has gone a good deal further by adding several species to the genus Ginkgo as he conceives it, and associating with it a number of genera, ..."

4. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"Fossil forms of the genus Ginkgo, belonging to several species, were found by me in great beauty and abundance in the Jurassic of Oregon in 1899, ..."

5. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"... the general organization of the wood, and, finally, by the absence of true wood parenchyma, clearly allied to the sole surviving genus, Ginkgo. ..."

6. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"... there being many parallel cases, as, for example, the gymnospermous genus Ginkgo. Some of the evidence is at least sufficient to prove that forms named ..."

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