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Reed

/rˈid/
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(noun) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
Man is a thinking reed.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The musician crafted a new ____ for his oboe from a piece of cane he had selected carefully.

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