tree of life (English, noun)
expansion: tree of life (plural trees of life)
Senses:
glosses: A kind of tree, the arborvitae; an individual thereof.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A metaphor used to describe the phylogenetic relationships between organisms, both living and extinct; a diagram that shows those relationships, with a treelike appearance.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A term used in the Hebrew Bible that is a component of the world tree motif.
glosses: The central mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism, also known as the ten sephiroth.
tags: Judaism
Forms:
form: trees of life
tags: plural