How to Use ginkgo in a Sentence

ginkgo

noun

• For pure gold, seek out the fall foliage of the ginkgo tree.
  — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2019
• Today, the ginkgo stands as an icon of the Anthropocene.
  — Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian, 9 May 2017
• The name ginkgo is from the Chinese word meaning silver fruit.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2021
• The neighborhood streets look just the same, except that the over–arching trees are no longer elms, but maples and ginkgos.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2019
• The leaves that cloak a ginkgo’s graceful branches in summer are unique.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• The ginkgo trees in North Texas put on a good show this fall, and that has led to many questions about this prehistoric tree.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2020
• The complex planted ginkgo trees all along the block’s sidewalk.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• The leaves of the ginkgo or maidenhair tree turn bright yellow or golden in fall.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• The ginkgo leaf shapes of alluvial fans spread at mountains’ feet.
  — Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Outside, the storm stripped ginkgos bare, burying the sidewalks under damp gold leaves.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
• The Birmingham-Southern tag will feature the college’s colors of black and gold with a ginkgo leaf in the design.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2019
• The compounds vary by species and determine the color of the tree’s autumn foliage—so a species like the ginkgo, which turns yellow in fall, won’t turn red.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• Some are brownish and look like terra-cotta; others are pure white like those in my ginkgo tree.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 17 June 2020
• Our friend the ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) as an 8-foot tree always looks a bit like a glorified coat rack.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2021
• The shapes are inspired by nature, such as shells and ginkgo leaves, which sometimes morph into flower-like forms.
  — Damon Johnstun, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• Compound leaves like Boston fern or pecan work well, as do ginkgoes, Japanese maples and red oaks.
  — Courtney Ortega, star-telegram, 1 Nov. 2017
• There was a big crowd of neighbors, staring at a giant swarm of bees, thousands of them, clustered around a ginkgo tree in front of his house, and flying around.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
• Cranberry seed and ginkgo buff away dead cells and leave behind a pinch of radiance.
  — Adam Hurly, GQ, 17 Aug. 2017
• The ginkgo is the oldest surviving tree species, having remained on the planet for some 200 million years.
  — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020
• Like all geckos in the genus Phyllodactylus, the toes of these lizards are reminiscent of ginkgo leaves.
  — Jason G. Goldman, National Geographic, 27 Nov. 2019
• The sense that everything that happens happens on cue, a sudden shower of ginkgo leaves.
  — Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• On a brisk morning in November, bright yellow leaves from a huge ginkgo tree scattered onto the front yard of 87 MacDonough Street.
  — Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• Here, 24kt vermeil sterling silver has been combined with crystals to form these ginkgo leaves.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• Imagine a landscape where redwood-like metasequoias towered over the hills; slim alder-like trees, ginkgos and vines dwelled at the forest margins; and lush ferns, cycads and horsetails packed the swamps.
  — Kate Siber, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Aug. 2017
• The absentee owners broke a cardinal rule of brownstone Brooklyn: There is a ginkgo tree near the house, and in the fall, ginkgos drop fleshy, rotten-scented fruits.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
• My young ginkgo tree has suddenly developed brown dry outer edges on all its leaves.
  — oregonlive, 18 June 2022
• Courtesy image Outside are a front porch, a large yard, and a back patio displaying a fishpond and massive ginkgo tree.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Mar. 2023
• Among trees listed on the plans are maples, birch, ginkgoes, white firs and white pine, along with such ornamentals as redbud, dogwood, magnolia and lilacs.
  — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2019
• Now known as a common street tree, ginkgo biloba lays claim to a history that vastly predates humans.
  — Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian, 9 May 2017
• On a crisp fall day at Birmingham-Southern College, the students were making their way to class, stealing a few cold minutes under the golden ginkgo trees.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024