life cycle

(eg. celtic, interpretation, metaphor )

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(n) a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage
(n) the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced

The idea is to improve the entire life cycle of the product not just how it's made, but also how it's used.
Pointing out that 80% of our food relies on pollination at some point in its life cycle, Jacobsen's concern for the fate of the honey bee population is easily contagious.
Despite its better-known identification with gloves and condoms, latex starts its life cycle as a substance collected from Hevea brasiliensis, better known as the rubber tree.