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compressed

com.pressed \k*m-'prest also 'ka:m-.\ \k*m-'prest-le-, -'pres-*d-le-\ aj : 
   flattened as though subjected to compression :  : flattened laterally 
   {petioles ~}  : narrow from side to side and deep in a dorsoventral 
   direction  - com.pressed.ly av