appressv.
/aˈprɛs/ To press close to each other, or to a surface, e.g. leaves to the stem; = adpress v.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)]
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1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 25 During the night the upper..surfaces of the leaves are appressed together.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 258 Has its lips so closely appressed as to make the aperture invisible.
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appressed adj.
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1839 J. Lindley School Bot. vii. 164 Leaves..obtuse, appressed, convex.
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