イチョウ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of イチョウ – see the following entry.
【銀杏いちょう】
[noun] ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba)
[noun] an arrowhead in the shape of a ginkgo leaf
[noun] short for 銀杏頭 (ichō-gashira): an Edo-period hairstyle, with the topknot in the shape of a ginkgo leaf, today usually associated with higher-ranked sumo wrestlers
[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a motif of various styles of gingko leaves
Alternative spellings
公孫樹, 鴨脚樹
(This term, イチョウ (ichō), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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