Слово "reedy". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

The thicket stretched down from the top of one of the sandy knolls, spreading and growing taller as it went, until it reached the margin of the broad, reedy fen, through which the nearest of the little rivers soaked its way into the anchorage.

Everything I saw had the quality of a dream, from the pale stubble to the reedy stems of sunflowers long since picked and left to fall upon themselves with the first autumn frost.

Chilton pressed a button under the counter, and a moment later a pale, reedy-looking man bustled out of a back room.

Nasal voice, reedier than might be expected from his strong frame.

Some had already reached dry land, and were running across to me, waving their long spindly arms and calling out in their high, reedy voices.