v. [f. L. appress- ppl. stem of apprimĕre, f. ap- = ad- to + premĕre to press.] To press close to each other, or to a surface, e.g., leaves to the stem; = ADPRESS. Hence Appressed ppl. a.
1791. E. Darwin, Bot. Gard., II. 25, note. During the night the upper … surfaces of the leaves are appressed together.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., vii. (1858), 126. Leaves … obtuse, appressed, convex.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 258. Has its lips so closely appressed at other times as to make the aperture invisible.
