noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
Formal or literary term for plants drying up and dying. Used in classical or poetic contexts.
日照り続きで草木が枯槁した。
The plants withered due to the continuing drought.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
growing skinny; wasting away
Formal or literary term for a person becoming emaciated or wasting away. Rare in modern speech.
長患いで彼はすっかり枯槁してしまった。
He wasted away completely due to a long illness.