tree of life
noun phrase
: a conventionalized and often ornate representation of a tree used as a decorative motif
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This indicates that light production may give organisms from across the tree of life a fitness advantage that improves their chances of survival.
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Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024
In Indigenous communities, the Buriti is known as the tree of life and is the habitat for various bird and insect species.
—Deborah Belgum, WWD, 14 June 2024
The contrast of the tree of life and the tree of death is beautifully expressed in Yeats’s poem The Two Trees.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
This one—which is more than half off—features a gorgeous tree of life engraving on both sides and gold aluminum tubes.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 6 May 2024
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Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024
In Indigenous communities, the Buriti is known as the tree of life and is the habitat for various bird and insect species.
—Deborah Belgum, WWD, 14 June 2024
The contrast of the tree of life and the tree of death is beautifully expressed in Yeats’s poem The Two Trees.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
This one—which is more than half off—features a gorgeous tree of life engraving on both sides and gold aluminum tubes.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 6 May 2024
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 27 Jul. 2024.
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