maidenhair-tree

[meyd-n-hair-tree]

noun

1. ginkgo.

maidenhair tree

noun

1. another name for ginkgo

Word History and Origins

Origin of maidenhair tree¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

From an evolutionary point of view, it is of interest to note the occurrence of filicinean and cycadean characters in the maidenhair tree.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole Order is relatively primitive, as shown most strikingly in its cryptogamic mode of fertilisation, by means of spermatozoids, which it shares with the maidenhair tree alone, among recent seed-plants.

From Project Gutenberg

The maidenhair tree is one of the most interesting survivals from the past; it represents a type which, in the Palaeozoic era, may have been merged into the extinct class Cordaitales.

From Project Gutenberg

On account of the resemblance of the leaves to those of some species of Adiantum, the appellation maidenhair tree has long been given to Ginkgo biloba.

From Project Gutenberg