Appressed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

appressed
    adj 1: pressed close to or lying flat against something;
           "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous
           rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson
           [syn: {appressed}, {adpressed}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Appressed \Ap*pressed"\, Apprest \Ap*prest"\, a. [p. p. appress,
   which is not in use. See {Adpress}.] (Bot.)
   Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole
   length, as against a stem. --Gray.
   [1913 Webster]

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