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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def empty_tree(input_list):
 """Recursively iterate through values in nested lists."""

    for item in input_list:
        if not isinstance(item, list) or not empty_tree(item):
            return False
    return True