What is the meaning of dried-up?

adjective

  • Used especially of vegetation. ( having lost all moisture)
    • usage: "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
  • Depleted of water.
    • usage: "a dried-up water hole"
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