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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NAVEW

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NAVEW

Na "vew, n. Etym: [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. Napiform. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew. ]