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navew

/ ˈneɪvjuː /

noun

  1. another name for turnip turnip

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of navew1

C16: from Old French navel, from Latin nāpus
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Example Sentences

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Navew, nā′vū, n. the wild turnip.

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Seed of wild navew beaten to powder, and a drachm of it taken in the morning in white wine, also is very good; but if it answers not, she must be let blood in the legs.

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