withered

Adjective
  1. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness (synset 300993672)
    "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
    similar to: lean, thin - lacking excess flesh
    same as: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened
  2. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture (synset 302564004)
    "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
    referred to in: botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period
    similar to: dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
    same as: dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled

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