reed

1. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites (synset 112157237)
   is a type of: graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
   subtypes:

   • arundo conspicua, chionochloa conspicua, toetoe, toitoi - used by Maoris for thatching
   • arundo donax, giant reed - large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles
   • 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
2. 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) (synset 111276484)
   is an instance of:

   • commie, communist - a socialist who advocates communism
   • journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines
   same as: john reed
3. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) (synset 111276325)
   is an instance of: operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery
   same as: walter reed
4. A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it (synset 104074000)
   "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
   is a type of: vibrator - a mechanical device that vibrates
   subtypes: double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds
   same as: vibrating reed
5. A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed (synset 102820934)
   is a type of: wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument - any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
   subtypes:

   • double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
   • free-reed - a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
   • single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind - a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
   same as: beating-reed instrument, reed instrument

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