Appressed
pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.
Historical Examples
Leaf-buds small, short, obtuse, appressed; leaf-scars prominent.
The Pears of New York U. P. Hedrick
Leaf-buds small, short, pointed and with curved tips, appressed.
The Pears of New York U. P. Hedrick
Strigillose, Strigose, beset with stout and appressed, stiff or rigid bristles.
The Elements of Botany Asa Gray
Leaves pressed to the branches in this manner are said to be “appressed.”
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets Various
Adpressed or appressed, brought into contact with, but not united.
The Elements of Botany Asa Gray
The antennae are displaced downward and appressed and their bristle-like aristae are crumpled.
A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Thomas Hunt Morgan
Most leaves spread from the stem, but some are appressed, as in the Arbor-vit (Fig. 7).
Trees of the Northern United States Austin C. Apgar
Leaf-buds small, short, obtuse or pointed, appressed; leaf-scars prominent.
The Pears of New York U. P. Hedrick
If the bud lies close to the twig, it is said to be appressed; if it stands from the twig at a considerable angle, it is free.
The Pears of New York U. P. Hedrick
Palpi moderately long, porrected or rather ascending, with appressed scales; terminal joint moderate, cylindrical.
New Zealand Moths and Butterflies G. V. Hudson
adjective
pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface: leaves appressed to a stem
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to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend. . Historical Examples Indeed, how could she apprise him of events which were now the talk of the court? Under the Rose Frederic Stewart Isham You are then to apprise the President of the Haarlem […]
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