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(Bot.)
A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon
umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central
depression; -- also called pennywort, and
kidneywort.

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.
[Writen also naphew.]

Na*vic"u*lar (?), a. [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.

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