Sessile

Definition of Sessile

Ses´sile
a.1.Attached without any sensible projecting support.
2.(Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
3.(Zool.) Permanently attached; - said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.

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attached, biological science, biology, vagile
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