n. The Japanese name (also current in western countries) of the maidenhair-tree, adopted by Linnæus (1771) as its generic name; the Salisburia adiantifolia of Sir J. E. Smith (1796). Also written gingo and ginkgo.n. [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of gymnospermous trees, allied to the yew (Taxus), with diœcious flowers, a drupaceous one-seeded fruit, and peculiar fan-shaped deciduous leaves.