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Meaning of APPRESSED

Pronunciation:  u'prest

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  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
 
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 Synonyms: adpressed, close
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Pressed closely against but not united with.
 

 

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