1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
2. any of the plants themselves.
3. such stalks or plants collectively.
4. anything made from such a stalk or from something similar, as an arrow.
5. Music.
a. a pastoral or rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from the hollow stalk of some other plant.
b. a small, flexible piece of cane or metal that, attached to the mouth of any of various wind instruments, is set into vibration by a stream of air and, in turn, sets into vibration the air column enclosed in the tube of the instrument.
c. reed instrument.
6. Textiles. the series of parallel strips of wires in a loom that force the weft up to the web and separate the threads of the warp.
7. an ancient unit of length, equal to 6 cubits. Ezek. 40:5.
-verb (used with object)
8. to decorate with reed.
9. to thatch with or as if with reed.
10. to make vertical grooves on (the edge of a coin, medal, etc.).
-Idiom
11. a broken reed, a person or thing too frail or weak to be relied on for support: Under stress he showed himself to be a broken reed.
From the Latin "papyrus" meaning "paper reed."
There is the Saxophone reed and the Clarinet reed
The Clarinet has a reed in the mouthpiece. It is the reed that vibrates.
a Flute does not have a reed so it's neither a single or double reed instrument.
The reed basket was full of flowers.He has a reed caught in his hair.A reed is a kind of plant.
double reed
Sully Reed goes by Sully Reed.
yes, the recorder does have a reed. it has a single reed.
Walter Reed
Yes there are you tube videos about building a clarinet reed.
The reed is not edible, but some species of reed have edible tuberous roots.
James Reed (or Willis Reed, not sure) and Susannah Smith.