Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of tall reedy grasses, with large, dense flowering panicles.

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  • noun any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds

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Examples

  • He then takes in hand a pole, (“arundo” in Latin, “reed” in English) with three candles on top, arranged in a triangle.

    Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 6.1 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the New Fire, Procession, Exultet, Prophecies 2009

  • Thousands of hours of practice, outrageously expensive highland dress, a quality pipe and yet it all comes down to less than a square inch of arundo donax; if that quits you might as well have stayed home.

    Obituaries John 2008

  • When used in the Liturgy the hymn is often broken into smaller hymns such as: Lustra sex qui iam peregit, En acetum, fel, arundo, and Crux fidelis inter omnes.

    Sing, my tongue bls 2009

  • When used in the Liturgy the hymn is often broken into smaller hymns such as: Lustra sex qui iam peregit, En acetum, fel, arundo, and Crux fidelis inter omnes.

    Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009

  • Then we were in a clearing near the water, and a huge snort came from the arundo cane.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Then we were in a clearing near the water, and a huge snort came from the arundo cane.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Then we were in a clearing near the water, and a huge snort came from the arundo cane.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Then we were in a clearing near the water, and a huge snort came from the arundo cane.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Then we were in a clearing near the water, and a huge snort came from the arundo cane.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

  • Then we were in a clearing near the water, and a huge snort came from the arundo cane.

    Life As We Know It Jennifer Foote Sweeney 2008

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