Appressed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Appressed is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of appress.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of appress.
More Meanings
- (biology, mycology) Closely flattened down.
Example Sentences
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.
Synonyms for appressed
Depending on context, synonyms include close, adpressed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include close, adpressed, appressed-fibrillose, appressed-squamulose, appressed-fibrillose-striate, crustose.
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