fig leaf

The leaf of a fig tree. Commonly used as a censor of the genitals in statues or paintings around the middle ages, sometimes applied to already existing statues or paintings, it has also become an idiom for obscuring things.

See also

• leaf censor
• fig
• fruit
• leaf
• convenient_censorship
• plant
• tree <- Only tag this if there is an actual tree in the picture, not just because it features the leaf of a tree.

External links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_leaf The idiom and usage as censorship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus The plants (it is a genus, not a single species)

This tag implicates leaf (learn more).