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tree of life

noun

  1. a tree in the Garden of Eden that yielded food giving everlasting life. Genesis 2:9; 3:22.
  2. a tree in the heavenly Jerusalem with leaves for the healing of the nations. Revelation 22:2.


tree of life

noun

  1. Old Testament a tree in the Garden of Eden, the fruit of which had the power of conferring eternal life (Genesis 2:9; 3:22)
  2. New Testament a tree in the heavenly Jerusalem, for the healing of the nations (Revelation 22:2)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tree of life1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English
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Indeed, many creatures in the tree of life have evolved just fine without eyes or ears, while others have senses we can only imagine.

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You can see buckwheats at the California Botanic Garden in Claremont, the state’s largest garden devoted to California native plants, as well as at the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley and Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano.

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Only three inmates were left to face the death penalty, including convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Robert Bowers, who was sentenced to death for killing 11 worshippers and wounding seven during a shooting at a the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.

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Those excluded from Biden's commutations are all mass murderers: Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who killed nine Black worshipers at a South Carolina church in 2015; Robert Bowers, who killed 11 congregants at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who planted bombs at the Boston Marathon in 2013, killing three people.

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Robert Bowers, who killed 11 Jewish worshippers during a mass shooting in 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, will also remain on death row.

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