Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Appressed \Ap*pressed"\, Apprest \Ap*prest"\, a. [p. p. appress,
   which is not in use. See {Adpress}.] (Bot.)
   Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole
   length, as against a stem, --Gray.

Source : WordNet®

appressed
     adj : pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed
           hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely
           appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson [syn: {adpressed}]