"flower of life" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flowers of life [plural], Flower of Life [alternative]
Etymology: From the similarity to flower petals, popularized by American esoteric researcher Drunvalo Melchizedek. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q61041484|nobycat=1|nocap=1|notext=1}} American esoteric researcher Drunvalo Melchizedek Head templates: {{en-noun|~|flowers of life}} flower of life (countable and uncountable, plural flowers of life)
  1. A hexagonal pattern of overlapping circles, associated with the New Age movement and sacred geometry. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (hexagonal pattern): Blume des Lebens [feminine] (German), Lebensblume [feminine] (German), kwiat życia [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-flower_of_life-en-noun-en:pattern Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Mysticism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 18 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 11 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 12 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 12 6 Disambiguation of Mysticism: 48 45 8 Disambiguation of 'hexagonal pattern': 92 8 0
  2. A flower on the tree of life. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: tree of life
    Sense id: en-flower_of_life-en-noun-bqVi-v4Q Categories (other): Mysticism Disambiguation of Mysticism: 48 45 8
  3. (figurative, uncountable) Youth. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flower_of_life-en-noun-Vg-6TAb9
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