sessile
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
Zoology. permanently attached; not freely moving.
Origin of sessile
1Other words from sessile
- ses·sil·i·ty [se-sil-i-tee], /sɛˈsɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- pseu·do·ses·sile, adjective
- sub·ses·sile, adjective
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How to use sessile in a sentence
Amphipods, am′fi-pods, n. an order of small sessile-eyed crustaceans—a familiar example is the sand-hopper.
The spores are arranged in beaded threads in sessile conceptacles on the marginal leaflets.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxIt grows to a height of eighteen inches or two feet, bearing silvery oval lanceolate leaves and sessile fruit.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxThe leaves are sessile and pinnatifid, with very narrow segments, and the white flowers grow in solitary heads.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxThe umbels are sessile or nearly so, the flowers have no calyx, and the fruit has five prominent ridges.
The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for sessile
/ (ˈsɛsaɪl) /
(of flowers or leaves) having no stalk; growing directly from the stem
(of animals such as the barnacle) permanently attached to a substratum
Origin of sessile
1Derived forms of sessile
- sessility (sɛˈsɪlɪtɪ), noun
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Scientific definitions for sessile
[ sĕs′īl′ ]
Permanently attached or fixed and not free-moving, as corals and mussels.
Stalkless and attached directly at the base, as certain kinds of leaves and fruit.
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