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reed Definition
(n)
tall
woody
perennial
grasses
with
hollow
slender
stems
especially
of
the
genera
Arundo
and
Phragmites
(n)
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
)
(n)
United
States
physician
who
proved
that
yellow
fever
is
transmitted
by
mosquitoes
(
1851
-
1902
)
(n)
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
"
(n)
a
musical
instrument
that
sounds
by
means
of
a
reed
reed Synonyms
beating-reed instrument
John Reed
reed
vibrating reed
Walter Reed
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