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English Definitions
reed
N
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
N
United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
Reed
N
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
reed
N
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
reed
N
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
N
European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
N
perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
reed grass
N
any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
N
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
reed mace
N
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
N
a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America
N
a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
N
organ pipe with a vibrating reed
N
Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa
N
the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments
N
an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
reedbird
N
migratory American songbird
reedbird
N
small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
resembling a reed in being upright and slender
N
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
reedy
having a tone of a reed instrument
reedy
resembling a reed in being upright and slender
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