A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

appressus,-a,-um (part.A), adpressus,-a,-um (part.A): appressed, “pressed close to; lying flat against, as some leaves against a stem, or the scales of a fir cone” (Stearn 1996); closely flattened down, lying close together or closely applied to the stem or stipe, as of leaves; “lying close and flat against” (Fernald 1950); the thing to which something is appressed is in the dative case, or use ad + acc.; cf. incumbent, superimposed, overlying, i.e. not as closely applied as ‘appressus;’

- (moss) folia caulina sicca erecto- incumbentia subappressa, madefacta patentia (Mueller), stem leaves, dry erect- somewhat superimposed [i.e. lying upon one another], nearly appressed; when wetted spreading.

- calyce fructifero fructui adpresso differt, it differs by the fructiferous calyx appressed to the fruit.

- foliis arcte ad caulem appressis, with leaves closely appressed to the stem.

- testa tenuissima reticulata v. striata, saepius appressa, rarius laxa et ultra nucleum utrinque longe producta (B&H), with the testa very thin, reticulated or striate, more often appressed, more rarely loose and far projecting beyond the nut.

- seminum testa tenui appressa vix apice minute appendiculata.(B&H), with the testa of the seeds thin, appressed, scarcely minutely appendaged at the apex.

- calcar sepalorum et labelli longissimum, tenue, ovario arcte appressum quocum in bractema membranaceam inclusum(B&H), spur of the sepals and the labellum very long, thin, closely appressed to the ovary to which place it is enclosed in a membranaceous bract.

- [Lipocarpha] squamae hypogynae 2, hyalinae, glumis parallelae, ovario et nuci appressae (B&H), the hypogynous [i.e. seated below the ovary] scales 2, hyaline, parallel to the glumes appressed to the ovary and the nut.

appressoserratus,-a,-um (adj.A), adpressoserratus,-a,-um (adj.A): “when serratures are pressed close to the edge of the body to which they belong” (Lindley).