See Also: reed(dictionary)
reed(1)(dictionary)
sea reed(medicine)
reed(2)(dictionary)
reed(3)(dictionary)
Reed(medicine)
reed(encyclopedia)
Reed, Walter(encyclopedia)
Reed, Willis(encyclopedia)
Reed, Sir Carol(encyclopedia)

Holmgren (iou) and reed (oh)


Holmgren (iou)



Holmgren noun. L19.
[A. F. Holmgren (1831-97), Swedish physiologist.]
Holmgren's test, a test for colour-blindness in which the subject is required to match differently coloured pieces of wool (Holmgren's wools).

reed (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: hreod]
[U and C] a type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places
::Reeds grew in clumps all along the river bank.
[C] a thin piece of wood that is attached to a musical instrument such as an oboe or clarinet, and that produces a sound when you blow over it