Definition of Navew

1. n. A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica.

Definition of Navew

1. Noun. A kind of small turnip, a variety of ''Brassica campestris''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Navew

1. a wild Swedish turnip [n -S]

Medical Definition of Navew

1. A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew. Origin: OE. Navel, naveau, a dim. Fr. L. Napus navew. Cf. Napiform. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Navew

navbars
nave
navel
navel-gazing
navel-string
navel orange
navel point
naveless
navelike
navels
navelwort
navelworts
naves
navette
navettes
navew (current term)
navews
navicert
navicerts
navicula
navicular
navicular abdomen
navicular articular surface of talus
navicular bone
navicular bone of hand
navicular disease
navicular fracture
naviculars
navicularthritis

Literary usage of Navew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"NA PUS ; The navew or French Turnip. ... С. В. Р. Garden navew, with a white Root. i. NATUS;/л//Ч>л, ... С. В. P. Garden navew, with a black Root. 3. ..."

2. Manipulus vocabulorum: a rhyming dictionary of the English language by Peter Levens (1867)
"Beaumont and Fletcher, Woman Pleased', iv. 1. navew, sb. root, 95 8 ... navew gentle or long rapes. ..."

3. Manipulus Vocabulorum: A Dictionary of English and Latin Words, Arranged in ...by Peter Levens, Henry Benjamin Wheatley by Peter Levens, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1867)
"Beaumont and Fletcher, Woman Pleased, ÌY. 1. navew, sb. root, 95 8 ... navew gentle or long rapes."—Ainsworth. Navy, sb. ..."

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