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Word: fig leaf (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A leaf of the fig plant.
  • A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (''alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness'').
  • figuratively Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

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