reed : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay
  Calamagrostic quadriseta.
  

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• noun a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
  beating-reed instrument; reed.
  

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• noun marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.

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• noun coextensive with the genus Sparganium
  family Sparganiaceae; Sparganiaceae.
  

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• noun tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
  Arundinaria gigantea; giant cane.
  

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• noun tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
  common reed; carrizo; Phragmites communis.
  

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• noun tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
  common reed; carrizo; Phragmites communis.
  

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• noun a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
  double reed.
  
• noun a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds
  

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• noun a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
  double reed.
  

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• noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
  Egyptian paper rush; Cyperus papyrus; papyrus; paper plant; paper rush.
  

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• (Bot.), the papyrus.

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• noun a variety of reed grass
  feathertop; Calamagrostis acutiflora.
  

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• (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet.

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• noun a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
  

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• noun a wind instrument with a free reed
  

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• noun large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles
  Arundo donax.
  

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• noun 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.
  

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• (Bot.), the Glyceria aquatica, a tall grass found in wet places.

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• (Bot.), the papyrus.

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• . See Reedbird.

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• noun European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
  Emberiza schoeniclus.
  

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• (Zoöl.) A European sparrow (Emberiza sch&oe;niclus) which frequents marshy places; called also reed sparrow, ring bunting. (b) Reedling.

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• noun perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
  ribbon grass; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea; gardener's garters.
  

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• (Bot.), a tall wild grass (Phalaris arundinacea).

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• noun any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The common reed . See Reed, 1. (b) A plant of the genus Sparganium; bur reed. See under Bur.

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• noun a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
  beating-reed instrument; reed.
  

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• noun 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
  bulrush; cat's-tail; nailrod; bullrush; reedmace; Typha latifolia.
  

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• noun a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America
  Glyceria grandis.
  

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• noun a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
  harmonium; organ.
  

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• (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc.

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• noun organ pipe with a vibrating reed
  

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• (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.

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• noun Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa
  slender lady palm; Rhapis humilis.
  

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• noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Reed bunting, above.

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• noun an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
  

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• (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A small European warbler (Acrocephalus streperus); called also reed wren. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera Acrocephalus, Calamoherpe, and Arundinax. They are excellent singers.

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Reed"-mace` noun

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1. (Bot.) The cat-tail.

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• noun tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows
  Spartina cynosuroides.
  

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• noun European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
  sand sedge; Carex arenaria.
  

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Sea" reed`

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1. (Bot.) The sea-sand reed. See under Reed.

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• (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.

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• noun a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
  single-reed instrument.
  

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• noun a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
  single-reed instrument.
  

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• noun a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
  reed.
  
  • the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece

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• noun United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
  Reed.
  

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• (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea) growing in moist woods.
• (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (Cinna arundinacea), common in moist woods.

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