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Fan Palm :: Fan palm () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts..

Unencumber :: Unencumber (v. t.) To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine..

Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..

Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..

Obumbrate :: Obumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken; to cloud.

Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.

Comber :: Comber (n.) Encumbrance.

Encumbrancer :: Encumbrancer (n.) Same as Incumbrancer.

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..

Cumbrance :: Cumbrance (n.) Encumbrance.

Clog :: Clog (v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind..

Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light..

Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot..

Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out..

Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.

Obesity :: Obesity (n.) The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

Umbrae :: Umbrae (pl. ) of Umbr.

Umbraculiferous :: Umbraculiferous (a.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.

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