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fiddleleaf

noun

Etymology

From fiddle + leaf.

  1. inherited from *laubą✻ — “leaf”
  2. inherited from *laub✻
  3. inherited from lēaf
  4. inherited from leef
  5. compounded as fiddleleaf — “fiddle + leaf”

Definitions

  1. A plant of the Nama genus, especially Nama jamaicense.

  2. Certain species of plants with leaves thought to be shaped liked like fiddles.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA