What does appressed mean?

appressed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.75 in modern English

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"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."

more appressed (comparative) most appressed (superlative)

subappressed

appressed-fibrillose appressed-fibrillose-striate appressed-silky appressed-squamulose

adpressed

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