ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (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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