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Reeds

Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

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📖 Definitions of "Reeds"

noun

1
Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
2
The hollow stem of these plants.
3
Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
4
A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.

verb

1
To thatch.
2
To mill or mint with reeding.

noun

1
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Reeds"

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beating-reed instrumentnoun	a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
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cattailsnoun	(US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
flangesnoun	An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
rushesnoun	(cinematography) Unedited footage; film material as recorded to tape etc.
tabsnoun	A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
bulrushesnoun	Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
canesnoun	Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World.
sedgesnoun	Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
papyrusnoun	(usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
osiersnoun	(loosely) Any kind of willow.
stalksnoun	The stem or main axis of a plant.
stemsnoun	The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
watergrassnoun	Any of various grasses in the genus Echinochloa that are capable of growing in water.
strawnoun	(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
grassesnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
bamboonoun	A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
spartinanoun	cordgrass (Spartina).
phragmitesnoun	Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
flagsnoun	(military, slang) Nickname for a flag lieutenant.