reedlike
Tall and narrow
Reedlike describes something resembling a reed—tall, thin, and flexible.
The word typically characterizes slender plants, voices with a thin nasal quality, or anything with the narrow cylindrical shape of marsh grasses: reedlike stalks swayed in the wind, her reedlike figure.
Small in diameter
lanky · lean · wiry · elongated · cylindrical · tubular · spindly · stemlike
Wetland plant, brown spike
- bulrushTall wetland sedge
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- sedgeGrasslike wetland plant
- rushQuick sudden movement
bamboo · marsh · wetland · swamp · aquatic · riparian · estuary · delta
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- breakableCapable of shattering
- hollowEmpty within
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
thin
Small in diameter
slim · lanky · lean · wiry · elongated · cylindrical · tubular · spindly · stemlike · straight
cattail
Wetland plant, brown spike
rush · bamboo · marsh · wetland · swamp · aquatic · riparian · estuary · delta · peatland
brittle
Liable to shatter
lightweight · papery · dry · crackling · snappable
bendable
Able to curve
yielding · springy · whippy · resilient · bowing · waving · rustling · arching · nodding · quivering