Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The wild turnip, Brassica campestris. It is an annual weed with a tapering root, found in waste grounds throughout Europe and Asiatic Russia.
Wiktionary
- n. A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See brassica.
Etymologies
- Old English navel, naveau, a diminutive from Latin napus navew. Compare napiform. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“[576] The Turnip, a navew, or variety of Rape (_navus_), should never be sown in a rich soil, wherein it would become degenerate and lose its shape as well as its dry agreeable relish.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘navew’.
-
Decrypt
This list is a cryptogram.
balafong, canion, ephippium, denshare, Mons Aventinus, chilter, pain-main, verdochio, drawbreeches, navew, lingism, olitorium and 99 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for navew.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.