From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
withered
adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"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"-W.F.Starkie; "he
did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man
with frizzy grey hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened]
2: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings";
"withered vines" [syn: dried-up, sere, sear,
shriveled, shrivelled, withered]