appress /ə-presˈ/ or adpress /ad-/

To press together

appressedˈ or adpressedˈ adjective (botany)

Closely pressed together but not united

appressorium /a-pres-örˈi-əm/ noun (pl appressorˈia) (botany)

A flattened outgrowth which attaches a parasite to its host

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