tree of life

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tree of life (plural trees of life)

  1. A kind of tree, the arborvitae.
  2. (biology) A metaphor used to describe the relationships between organisms, both living and extinct, usually represented with a tree-like diagram.
  3. (biblical) A term used in the Hebrew Bible that is a component of the world tree motif.
    Coordinate term: tree of knowledge
  4. (Judaism) The central mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism, also known as the 10 Sephirot.

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