navew

English

Alternative forms

• naphew

Etymology

From Middle French naveau, navel, from Old French naveau, navel, from Medieval Latin napellus, a diminutive of Latin napus (“turnip, rapeseed, etc”). Compare napiform.

Noun

navew (plural navews)

1. (now rare) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica napus.

References

• “navew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.