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1830 J. Rennie Insect Transformations iii. xiii. 320 So long as it remains in the grub state it can withdraw itself within its case of shells, stones, or reed-stems.

1903 A. Blunt & W. S. Blunt tr. Imr-el-Káis in Seven Golden Odes 6 Smooth are her legs as reed-stems stripped at a water-head.

1996 Guardian 12 Nov. i. 14/6 I found our smallest dragonfly—the Black Darter—resting on a reed stem at the side of the lake.