navew
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French naveau, navel, from Old French naveau, navel, from Medieval Latin napellus, a diminutive of Latin napus (“turnip, rapeseed, etc”). Compare napiform.
Noun
editnavew (plural navews)
- (now rare) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica napus.
References
edit- “navew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.