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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

navel

naveau

, a dim. fr. L.

napus

navew. Cf.

(Bot.)

A kind of small turnip, a variety of

Brassica campestris

. See

[Written also

naphew

Noun.

A plant of the genus Brassica. It has a spindle-shaped root, less than the turnep.

navew ‎(plural navews)