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tree of knowledge of good and evil

–noun
the tree in the Garden of Eden bearing the forbidden fruit that was tasted by Adam and Eve. Gen. 2:17; 3:6–24.
Also called tree of knowledge.


Origin:
1525–35
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tree of knowledge  
n.  The tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit Adam and Eve tasted.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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tree of knowledge of good and evil

A tree in the Garden of Eden, the fruit of which God forbade Adam and Eve to eat.

Note: They did eat the forbidden fruit, and their disobedience brought about the Fall of Man.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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