徒と長ちょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

spindly growth; leggy growth; unproductive growth

Botanical term for weak, elongated, or spindly growth, often due to insufficient light or overcrowding. Used as a noun or with する to describe the process.

• 日にっ照しょう不ぶ足そくで苗なえが徒と長ちょうしてしまった。

  The seedlings became leggy due to lack of sunlight.