Appressed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]