Meaning of SESSILE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sesil
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- [adj] (biology) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
- [adj] (biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants"
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| | Synonyms: | | attached, stalkless |
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| | Antonyms: | | pedunculate, stalked, vagile | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ses"sile\, a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere,
sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]
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. (Zo["o]l.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores
of certain hydroids which never became detached.
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| | Definition: | | - In botany terminology, refers to a plant part without a stalk (when applied to a stigma, indicates that the style is absent, the stigma being 'sessile' on the ovary).
- Describes an animal which is unable to move, or does not move very much. Examples include coral, sponges, barnacles, and sea squirts.
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