tree of life
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tɹi ʌv laɪf/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Noun
[edit]tree of life (plural trees of life)
- A kind of tree, the arborvitae.
- (biology) A metaphor used to describe the relationships between organisms, both living and extinct, usually represented with a tree-like diagram.
- (biblical) A term used in the Hebrew Bible that is a component of the world tree motif.
- Coordinate term: tree of knowledge
- (Judaism) The central mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism, also known as the 10 Sephirot.
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[edit]biology
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Tree of life (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A new view of the tree of life, Nature Microbiology, April 11, 2016, (2016)
Tree of life (biblical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tree of life (Kabbalah) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia