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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant of the Nama genus, especially Nama jamaicense.
2. 2
   Certain species of plants with leaves thought to be shaped liked like fiddles.

Etymology

From fiddle + leaf.

Related phrases

Arizona fiddleleafCalifornia fiddleleafLobb's fiddleleafRothrock's fiddleleafdepressed fiddleleafeggleaf fiddleleaffiddleleaf figfiddleleaf hawksbeardfiddleleaf rubber treefiddleleaf tobaccoleafy fiddleleafmud fiddleleaf

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