fig leaf

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Noun Phrase

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fig leaf(n = noun.artifact) Array - a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful; Array

fig leaf,

The leaf from a fig tree. [PJC]
An ornamental design shaped like the leaf of a fig tree, used in architecture; also, a design shaped like a fig leaf to cover genitalia in sculpture or paintings -- in reference to the biblical story in Genesis of Adam and Eve, who covered their privates with fig leaves. [PJC]
Anything used to conceal what is considered embarrassing or indecent. See sense 2. [PJC]