tree of life

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tree of life

  • /tɹi ʌv laɪf/

noun trees of life

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

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noun biology

中文生命之樹 /生命之树 shēngmìngzhīshù, 生命樹 /生命树 shēngmìngshù

noun biblical

DeutschLebensbaum

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@misc{tree_of_life_2026,
  title = {tree of life},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tree%20of%20life},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}