NOUN | plant | fig leaf | a leaf from a fig tree |
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artifact | fig leaf | a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |
Meaning | A leaf from a fig tree. | |
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Broader | leaf, leafage, foliage | The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants |
Catalan | fulla de la figuera |
Meaning | A covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful. | |
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Broader | covering | An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
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