Defn: The umbilical cord.
NAVELWORT
Na"vel*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; — also called pennywort, and kidneywort.
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.]
NAVICULAR Na*vic"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; — called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. — Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
NAVICULAR
Na*vic"u*lar, n. (Anat.)
Defn: The navicular bone.