ses·sile (s s  l , - l)adj. 1. Botany Stalkless and attached directly at the base: sessile leaves. 2. Zoology Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving: a sessile barnacle. [Latin sessilis, low, of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sed  re, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]ses·sil i·ty (s-s l-t) n. |   sessile leaf |
sessile [ˈsɛsaɪl]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of flowers or leaves) having no stalk; growing directly from the stem
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of animals such as the barnacle) permanently attached to a substratum
[from Latin sēssilis concerning sitting, from sedēre to sit]
sessility [sɛˈsɪlɪtɪ] n
| sessile (ssl) 1. Permanently attached or fixed and not free-moving, as corals and mussels. 2. Stalkless and attached directly at the base, as certain kinds of leaves and fruit. |  |
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| Adj. | 1. | sessile - permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms vagile - having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals" |
| 2. | sessile - attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms pedunculate, stalked - having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk" |
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