noun
coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales
• Syn: ↑order Ginkgoales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ginkgopsida, ↑class Ginkgopsida, ↑Ginkgophytina, ↑class Ginkgophytina, ↑subdivision Ginkgophytina, ↑subdivision Ginkgophyta
• Member Meronyms: ↑Ginkgoaceae, ↑family Ginkgoaceae, ↑ginkgo family
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: an order of gymnospermous trees that first appeared in the Permian and is represented by a single surviving species (Ginkgo biloba)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.