tree of life
noun phrase
: a conventionalized and often ornate representation of a tree used as a decorative motif
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And really kicked off the idea of the tree of life as both a[n] intellectual construct and an empirical area — a thing to discover.
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Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
What’s so extraordinary about our current moment is how one species on one branch of this gigantic tree of life has suddenly discovered this vast, ancient underground reservoir of carbon made by old life—and is lighting it all on fire.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
It was rooted in our normal tree of life.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
The arrogance wasn’t hers alone; many people have tried to assign the Tully monster a place in the tree of life since it was first discovered 70 years ago.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2025
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Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
What’s so extraordinary about our current moment is how one species on one branch of this gigantic tree of life has suddenly discovered this vast, ancient underground reservoir of carbon made by old life—and is lighting it all on fire.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
It was rooted in our normal tree of life.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
The arrogance wasn’t hers alone; many people have tried to assign the Tully monster a place in the tree of life since it was first discovered 70 years ago.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for tree of life
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“Tree of life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20of%20life. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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