Numerous young leaf stalks were brittle and spindly (dried quickly when not in contact with water), and some secondyear late stalks were brittle and dark purple.
Has anyone forgotten his spindly legs, his swollen stomach, his protruding ribs, his wizened little face and his frightened, pleading eyes?
Or at least the second pillar, namely rural development, is not so much a pillar as a spindly little tree.
That means that the trees end up as spindly sticks 60, 70 or 80 feet high and very susceptible to wind blow.
The leg that controls fiscal policy is muscular and articulated, while the one that controls development policy, which should provide impetus and long-term drive, appears spindly and lacking in strength.
Botanists have long known that plants grown in a greenhouse tend to be taller and more spindly than plants grown outside.
The ovoid head is surrounded by four spindly arms, each four-fingered hand ending in sharp claws.
At this point the plant would be stunted, spindly and with a white, flaky crust of scales on the bark.
