Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appressed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appressed \Ap*pressed"\, Apprest \Ap*prest"\, a. [p. p. appress,
which is not in use. See {Adpress}.] (Bot.)
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole
length, as against a stem, --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
appressed
adj : pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed
hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely
appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson [syn: {adpressed}]
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