Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of appress
adjectiveappressed (comparative more appressed, superlative most appressed)
comparative more appressed · superlative most appressed
- biologyClosely flattened down.
During the night the upper or smoother surfaces of the leaves are appressed together, this would seem to shew that the office of this surface of the leaf was to expose the fluids of the plant to the light as well as to the air.
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 25
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Spanish adpreso
- adpresoclosely flattened down
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