立たち枯がれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

wither while standing; die standing (of plants)

Describes plants that dry up and die without falling over, often due to disease or drought.

• 日ひ照でり続つづきで、田たんぼの稲いねが立たち枯がれてしまった。

  Due to the continuing drought, the rice plants in the paddy withered standing.

• 松まつの木きが病びょう気きで立たち枯がれている。

  The pine tree is dying standing because of disease.