sessile

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sessile

sessile leaf (Elizabeth Morales)

(sĕs'īl', -əl)
adj.

1. Botany. Stalkless and attached directly at the base: sessile leaves.
2. Zoology. Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving: a sessile barnacle.

[Latin sessilis, low, of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedēre, to sit.]

sessility ses·sil'i·ty (sĕ-sĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

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(sĕs'īl', -əl)
adj.

Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving.

Stalkless; attached directly to the main stem.

Not pedunculated; attached by a broad base.

• s. oak — quercus petraea.
• s. wart — without pedicle.

For a list of words related to sessile, see:

• Botany and Plant Parts - sessile: (adj) attached at the base or without separate support structure

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