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adj. - Pressed close to or lying flat against something.

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  • Branches with pedicel and spikelets drooping and not appressed.
  • It often extends beyond the insertion of the terminal flower and its glume, and then lies hidden appressed to the palea.
  • It is a herb with a rosette of fleshy, oblong leaves, 1 to 3 in. long, appressed to the ground, of a pale colour and with a sticky surface.
  • Leaves may be sclerophyllous or coated on the undersurface with appressed hairs to conserve water, and they remain evergreen throughout an extended dry season.
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