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131fig leaf — A stylized representation of a leaf from a fig tree or shrub used especially to conceal the genitalia depicted on sculptures of male nudes. Although fig leaves were originally deployed as a censoring gesture in favor of modesty, increasingly… …
132fig leaf — /ˈfɪg lif/ (say fig leef) noun 1. the leaf of a fig tree, especially in allusion to that used to cover the nakedness of Adam and Eve. 2. something designed to conceal what is shameful or indecorous …
