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WATER-TARGET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water-target mean? 

WATER-TARGET (noun)
  The noun WATER-TARGET has 1 sense:

1. aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariumsplay

  Familiarity information: WATER-TARGET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER-TARGET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brasenia schreberi; water-shield; water-target

Hypernyms ("water-target" is a kind of...):

water lily (an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae)

Holonyms ("water-target" is a member of...):

Brasenia; genus Brasenia (alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae)


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