subappressed
adjective
pressed closely against or fitting closely to something.
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| —adj | |
| pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface: leaves appressed to a stem | |
| [C18: from Latin appressus, from apprimere, from premere to press] | |
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Subappressed
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