1.
[syn: appressed, adpressed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
appressed
adj 1: 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: appressed, adpressed]