The only plants in their yard were a couple of 'scrawny' bushes.
a 'scrawny' [='skinny'] kid
(..) Covered in tattoos and piercings. I assumed he was, you know ... ... a very skinny, scrawny methamphetamine abuser. When Morpheus tells Neo to free his mind, you needn't say that to Geof. Geof's mind is free. I mean, he's out there. One guy wanted to know (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited