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Definition of Reedlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a reed in being upright and slender.
Definition of Reedlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a reed or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reedlike
1. resembling a reed [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reedlike
Literary usage of Reedlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Reeds and grasses have small value as indicators of soil conditions. A rank growth
of reedlike plants ordinarily indicates very wet and usually very soft ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1895)
"... he dodged the spots where reedlike grass showed that the ground was wet and
soft; and whether running or trotting, or progressing by irregular jumps, ..."
3. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503: The Voyages of the Northmen by Julius E. Olson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"... an herbaceous, reedlike plant, three to five feet high, is found along the
coast of Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Congo. ..."
4. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503: The Voyages of the Northmen by Julius E. Olson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"... an herbaceous, reedlike plant, three to five feet high, is found along the
coast of Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Congo. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"The male has a loud call like Kack Kack, a deep reedlike note resembling the
syllable whack, and a shrill whistled call. Females were laying as early as May ..."
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