Definition of "water-target" []

• The water-shield, Brasenia peltata. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It is nowhere muddy, and a casual observer would say that there were no weeds at all in it; and of noticeable plants, except in the little meadows recently overflowed, which do not properly belong to it, a closer scrutiny does not detect a flag nor a bulrush, nor even a lily, yellow or white, but only a few small heart-leaves and potamogetons, and perhaps a water-target or two; all which however"
• "Malbone had that smooth elasticity of surface which made even Aunt Jane's strong fingers slip from him as they might from a fish, or from the soft, gelatinous stem of the water-target."
• "Jane's strong fingers slip from him as they might from a fish, or from the soft, gelatinous stem of the water-target."