📒 a tall plant like grass with a hollow stem that grows in or near water
reed beds (= where they grow)
The edge of the lake was fringed with reeds.
📒 a small thin piece of cane, metal or plastic in some musical instruments such as the oboe or the clarinet that moves very quickly when air is blown over it, producing a sound
She can read Arabic, but she can't speak it.
Let me just have a quick read of what you've written.
A saxophone is another instrument that uses a reed.