reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus | European bunting inhabiting marshy areas |
beatingeed instrument reed instrument reed | a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed |
double reed | a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds |
doubleeed instrument double reed | a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together |
harmonium organ reed organ | a freeeed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows |
reed vibrating 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 |
reed pipe | organ pipe with a vibrating reed |
reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
reed section | the section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments |
Reed Walter Reed | United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (-) |
Reed John Reed | United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in , founded the Communist Labor Party in America in , is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (-) |
giant reed Arundo donax | large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles |
reed grass | any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes, natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere |
feather reed grass feathertop Calamagrostis acutiflora | a variety of reed grass |
Australian reed grass Calamagrostic quadriseta | tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay |
reed meadow grass Glyceria grandis | a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America |
reed canary grass gardener's garters lady's laces ribbon grass Phalaris arundinacea | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves, Europe and North America |
ditch reed common reed carrizo 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 |
reed | tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites |
salt reed grass Spartina cynosuroides | tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows |
giant cane cane reed Arundinaria gigantea | tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets |
papyrus Egyptian paper reed Egyptian paper rush paper rush paper plant Cyperus papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times |
sand sedge sand reed Carex arenaria | European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States, rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla |
cat's-tail bullrush bulrush nailrod reed mace reedmace Typha latifolia | 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 |
bur reed | marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit |
reed rhapis slender lady palm Rhapis humilis | Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa |