Pronunciation: Ah-vehn-deh-SO-rah 
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%%ot [Avendesora|Compleat]%% means "Tree of Life" in the [Old Tongue]. It is the last existing chora tree. It grows in the city of [Rhuidean] in the [Aiel Waste]. Chora trees are a [One Power] construct with large, green [trefoil|Wikipedia:Trefoil] leaves which emit an aura of peace and well-being to any who pass beneath them. ([Guide],pg 31)

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch6] - When [Tam|Tam alThor] raves about %%ot Avendesora%%, [Rand] recalls that he heard in stories that it belongs to the [Green Man|Someshta].
## [TEotW,Ch36] - [Loial] knows that the [Aiel] have %%ot Avendesora%%.
## [TEotW,Ch44] - The key to a [Waygate|Ways] is in the shape of a trefoil leaf like those of %%ot Avendesora%%.
## [TEotW,Ch50] - The [Green Man|Someshta] says it has been two thousand years since he has seen %%ot Avendesora%%.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch7] - [Verin|Verin Mathwin] recounts the rumor that the nation of [Almoth] once had a branch, perhaps a live sapling, of %%ot Avendesora%%. 
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch39] - [Elayne] recounts how the [Aiel War], from their perspective, was simply an execution of King [Laman|Laman Damodred] for cutting down %%ot [Avendoraldera]%%, a sapling of %%ot Avendesora%%.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch24] - [Rand] and [Mat] discover %%ot Avendesora%% in the center of [Rhuidean].
## [TSR,Ch26] - When [Rand] exits the [glass columns], he sees [Mat] hanging by his neck from a rope tied to the %%ot [Ashandarei]%% which lies across a couple of low branches of %%ot Avendesora%%.
## [TSR,Ch58] - %%ot Avendesora%% burns like a torch after the battle between [Rand] and [Asmodean].
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch2] - %%ot Avendesora%% is badly charred, but [Moiraine] says it is still alive.
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch48] - %%ot Avendesora%% is already completely regrown.
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