appressed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite pressed close to or lying flat against something
    adpressed.
    • adpressed hairs along the plant's stem
    • igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson

WordNet

Ap*pressed", Ap*prest" adjective (Also<
  • Appressed
  • Apprest
)
Etymology
p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

Webster 1913