appressed

appressed

1. simple past and past participle of appress

appressed (comparative more appressed, superlative most appressed)

1. (biology, mycology) Closely flattened down.
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 25:

     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.