Olive Tree
Olive Tree
This tree is also a universal sign of peace, but it also symbolizes knowledge, purification, fertility, longevity, abundance and victory.
It can live for centuries, therefore it can symbolize long life.
To the Jews, it means strength and beauty and was the emblem of the tribe of asher.
In China it represents quiet persistence and grace and is the tree of the fall.
Sometimes the Virgin Mary is shown with an olive branch rather than a lily.