tree of life

English

Pronunciation

• 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 Kabballah of esoteric Judaism, also known as the ten sephiroth.

Translations

biology

See also

• creationist orchard
• LUCA

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