sessile

[ses-il, -ahyl]

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.

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

Related formsses·sil·i·ty

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

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Examples from the Web for subsessile

Historical Examples of subsessile

Differs from P. mitis in being shining white and subsessile.
European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae
George Massee

British Dictionary definitions for subsessile

sessile

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 Formssessility (sɛˈsɪlɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for sessile

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

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Word Origin and History for subsessile

sessile

adj.

1725, "adhering close to the surface," from Latin sessilis "pertaining to sitting, for sitting on," from sessum, past participle of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). In botany from 1753. Meaning "sedentary" first recorded 1860.

subsessile in Medicine

sessile

[sĕs′īl′, -əl]

adj.

Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving.

subsessile in Science

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.