tree of life

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  • IPA(key): /tɹi ʌv laɪf/
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Noun

tree of life (plural trees of life)

  2. A kind of tree, the arborvitae; an individual thereof.
  4. (biology) A metaphor used to describe the phylogenetic relationships between organisms, both living and extinct; a diagram that shows those relationships, with a treelike appearance.
  6. (biblical) A term used in the Hebrew Bible that is a component of the world tree motif.
    Coordinate term: tree of knowledge
  8. (Judaism) The central mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism, also known as the ten sephiroth.

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