MAIDENHAIR TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maidenhair tree mean? 

• MAIDENHAIR TREE (noun)
  The noun MAIDENHAIR TREE has 1 sense:

1. deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree

  Familiarity information: MAIDENHAIR TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAIDENHAIR TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gingko; ginkgo; Ginkgo biloba; maidenhair tree

Hypernyms ("maidenhair tree" is a kind of...):

gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)

 Context examples 

Also called ginkgo and maidenhair tree.

(Ginkgo biloba, NCI Dictionary)

Also called ginkgo biloba and maidenhair tree.

(Ginkgo, NCI Dictionary)