Of plants: Of a slender and weakly growth.

That straggles. Of hair, plants, a hedge, etc.: Growing irregularly or dispersedly; shooting or spreading too far.

Of plants: Growing or shooting out into (long) stalks or stems, esp. of a slender or weakly kind.

Of a plant: long and straggling.

Slender, spindly.

With up: Overgrown in height or length in proportion to strength or stoutness.

Of a plant: = gangling, adj.2 2.