appressed

American  

[uh-prest] / əˈprɛst /

adjective

1. pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.

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appressed British  

/ əˈprɛst /

adjective

1. pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface

   leaves appressed to a stem

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Other Word Forms

• subappressed adjective

Etymology

Origin of appressed

1785–95; < Latin appress ( us ) pressed to (past participle of apprimere ), equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + pressus ( see press ¹) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Wholly canescent with short appressed pubescence; leaves narrow, mostly oblanceolate.—Kan. to Tex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Pappus simple; scales imbricated, appressed, without herbaceous tips, often scarious-edged or dry.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

These were quite rigid below and closely appressed to the stem, but above they became looser and curled gracefully about among the vivid red bells.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Gland.—A deep pit, conspicuously prominent on the outside of the petals, covered within by appressed hairs.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Scales of the hemispherical involucre imbricated somewhat in 2 rows, appressed, with narrow membranaceous margins.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Related Words

• solid
• tight