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Fig leaf
Meaning
Noun
●
A
leaf
of the
fig
plant.
●
A
representation
of
leaf
of a
fig
plant
used to
cover
the
genitals
of a
nude
fig
ure in a
work of art
(alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use
fig leaves
to
hide
their nakedness).
●
Anything used to
conceal
something
undesirable
or
that one
does not want to be discovered.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Fig-Leaf
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