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ˈnavel-wort
[f. navel n.; cf. G. nabel-wurz, Da. navleurt.]
A name given to various plants, esp. Cotyledon umbilicus (see pennywort 1).
14..Vocab. in Wr.-Wülcker 567 Belberici marini,..navel wort. Ibid. 620 Vmbilicus, Nauelworte. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cxliii. 423 The great Nauelwoort hath round and thicke leaues. Ibid. clii. 529 There is a kind of Navel⁓woorte that groweth in waterie places. 1629Parkinson Parad. xxxii. 232 Wee doe call them Nauelworts in English rather than Houseleekes. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 441 Navel wort. That of the water helps the Sciatica, Gout and Kings-evil. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 209 Wall Navel-wort. This is not known of late in Medicine. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 320 Navel-wort, Bastard, Crassula. Ibid., Navel-wort, Venus's, Cynoglossum. Ibid., Navel⁓wort, Water, Hydrocotyle. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. viii. 175 The pretty, round, fresh leaf of the navel-wort (cotyledon umbilicus) is seen on every wall. 1865Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 183 The fleshy coin-like leaves of the pretty navel-wort. |