appressed

Thân thiện

The plant's leaves are closely appressed to the stem.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pressed close to or lying flat against something: Describes something, typically a part of a plant or animal, that is closely flattened or pressed against a surface.

Usage

• The word "appressed" is primarily used in scientific contexts, especially in botany, zoology, and geology, to describe the physical orientation of one structure against another. It indicates a state of being flattened or held very close, not merely touching.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The seeds have appressed hairs that help them cling to animal fur.
  • Botanists noted the appressed leaves growing tightly against the tree's bark.
  • Under the microscope, the appressed scales of the insect's wing were clearly visible.

Advanced Usage

• "Closely appressed": An intensifying phrase commonly used in scientific descriptions.
  • The sedimentary layers were closely appressed by immense geological pressure over millennia.

Variants and Related Words

• Adpressed (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning as "appressed".
  • The adpressed petals give the flower bud a streamlined shape.

Synonyms

• Flattened: Made flat or flatter.
• Compressed: Flattened by pressure.
• Imbricate: Overlapping like tiles or scales (a specific type of appressed arrangement).

Antonyms

• Erect: Upright in position or posture.
• Spreading: Extending over a wide area; not pressed close.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• adpressed