<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A large shade tree, <em>Ginkgo biloba</em>, native to China, having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy seeds with edible kernels.</li><li>The sole surviving species of the gymnosperm family <em>Ginkgoaceae</em>, which thrived in the Jurassic Period, existing almost exclusively in cultivation.</li></ul>