fig leaf

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Synonyms: figleaf, fig-leaf, fineleaf, pig lead, five leaf, fly leaf, fiveleaf, in leaf

Antonyms: figleaf, fig-leaf, fineleaf, pig lead, five leaf, fly leaf, fiveleaf, in leaf

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Noun

1. A leaf of the fig plant.
2. 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'').
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

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