But the lotus withered as quickly as it had bloomed. It shows a grotesque old woman with wrinkled skin and withered breasts. Grass and trees had withered and the trees' leaves had discoloured. These seeds sprouted, but soon withered and died. This is the practice of removing any spent, faded, withered, or discoloured flowers. Gunpowder tea leaves are withered, steamed, rolled, and then dried. The plants may be divided in autumn after the leaves have withered. His hand withered from contact with the diabolic innards. Most of the date palms have withered. His otherwise remarkably successful career in Cleveland withered gradually. Huxley's dismissal of positivism damaged it so severely that Comte's ideas withered in Britain. Dragons lived in the Withered Heath beyond the Grey Mountains. The prosthetics included a full face mask, hump, mechanized claws, and a withered collarbone. His body then withered and died. Unemployment mushroomed, and private investment withered.