(literary) the thin membrane inside a reed stem; used to describe a distant relative or a tenuous relationship

starving people are everywhere; a state of famine; a widespread disaster where bodies of those who died of hunger cover the land

Distant relatives; used to describe a very thin or remote kinship connection. Derived from the inner membrane of a reed, symbolizing a fragile or distant bond.

the body of someone who has died from starvation; starving people

(idiom) a scene of widespread famine where the bodies of those who died from starvation are everywhere