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reed - tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites |
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graminaceous plant,
gramineous plant cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
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arundo conspicua,
chionochloa conspicua,
toitoi,
toetoe used by Maoris for thatching
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arundo donax,
giant reed large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles
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carrizo,
common reed,
ditch reed,
phragmites communis tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
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reed - a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece" |
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vibrator mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
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double reed a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds
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Reed - 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) |
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Reed - United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) |