植物は水が無ければ枯れる。

plant; vegetation

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)