About The Word Sessile
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Sessile
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What's The Definition Of Sessile?
[adj] (biology) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
[adj] (biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sessile: attached | stalkless Related Terms | Find terms related to Sessile: See Also | Sessile In Webster's Dictionary \Ses"sile\, a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere,
sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]
1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.
2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch,
without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or
blossom.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores
of certain hydroids which never became detached.
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