GINKGO FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ginkgo family mean? 

• GINKGO FAMILY (noun)
  The noun GINKGO FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms

  Familiarity information: GINKGO FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GINKGO FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Ginkgoaceae; ginkgo family; Ginkgoaceae

Hypernyms ("ginkgo family" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm family (a family of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "ginkgo family"):

genus Ginkgo (sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae)

Holonyms ("ginkgo family" is a member of...):

Ginkgoales; order Ginkgoales (coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales)