sessile

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/ˈsɛsaɪl/

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/ˈsɛsaɪl/ · /ˈsɛsɪl/

Definition of sessile

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adj

(not-comparable)Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

“a sessile oyster”

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adj

(not-comparable)Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

“a sessile oyster”
(not-comparable)Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

“The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.”
“The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]”

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From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

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