tree of life
English
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Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- (religion) A term used in the Hebrew Bible that is a component of the world tree motif.
- (Judaism) The central mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism, also known as the 10 Sephirot.
Derived terms
References
- 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