tree of knowledge

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

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Questions about tree of knowledge

What does tree of knowledge mean?

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

Is tree of knowledge a common word?

tree of knowledge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.