TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree of knowledge mean? 

• TREE OF KNOWLEDGE (noun)
  The noun TREE OF KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:

1. the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve

  Familiarity information: TREE OF KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE OF KNOWLEDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tree of knowledge" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)