reed
Noun
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is a type of: graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leavessubtypes:
- 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
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is an instance of:
- commie, communist - a socialist who advocates communism
- journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines
same as: john reed -
same as: walter reed
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is a type of: vibrator - a mechanical device that vibratessubtypes: double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwindssame as: vibrating reed
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is a type of: wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument - any wind instrument other than the brass instrumentssubtypes:
- 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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