- navew
- navew /nāˈvū/noun1. A rape or coleseed with a carrot-shaped root2. A wild Swedish turnipORIGIN: Fr naveau, dimin from L nāpus
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Navew — Na vew, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. {Napiform}.] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of {Brassica campestris}. See {Brassica}. [Written also {naphew}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
navew — n. Wild turnip (Brassica campestris) … New dictionary of synonyms
Brassica campestris — Navew Na vew, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. {Napiform}.] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of {Brassica campestris}. See {Brassica}. [Written also {naphew}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
naphew — Navew Na vew, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. {Napiform}.] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of {Brassica campestris}. See {Brassica}. [Written also {naphew}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anthomyia radicum — Turnip Tur nip, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brassica campestris — Turnip Tur nip, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Haltica striolata — Turnip Tur nip, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Naphew — Na phew, n. (Bot.) See {Navew}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Napiform — Na pi*form, a. [L. napus turnip + form: cf. F. napiforme. Cf. {Navew}.] (Bot.) Turnip shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Napus — Na pus, n. [L.] (Bot.) A kind of turnip. See {Navew}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
