sessile

[ ses-il, -ahyl ]

/ ˈsɛs ɪl, -aɪl /

adjective

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.

Words nearby sessile

sesquioxide, sesquipedalian, sesquiplane, sesquiterpene, sesshu, sessile, sessile oak, session, session musician, sessional indemnity, sessionman

Origin of sessile

1715–25; < Latin sessilis fit for sitting on, low enough to sit on, dwarfish (said of plants), equivalent to sess(us) (past participle of sedēre to sit¹) + -ilis -ile

OTHER WORDS FROM sessile

ses·sil·i·ty

[se-sil-i-tee] /sɛˈsɪl ɪ ti/, nounpseu·do·ses·sile, adjectivesub·ses·sile, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for subsessile

sessile

/ (ˈsɛsaɪl) /

adjective

(of flowers or leaves) having no stalk; growing directly from the stem

(of animals such as the barnacle) permanently attached to a substratum

Derived forms of sessile

sessility (sɛˈsɪlɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for sessile

C18: from Latin sēssilis concerning sitting, from sedēre to sit

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Medicine definitions for subsessile

sessile

[ sĕs′īl′, -əl ]

adj.

Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving.

Science definitions for subsessile

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.