SESSILE

sessile, stalkless

(adjective) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; “sessile flowers”; “the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate”

sessile

(adjective) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; “sessile marine animals and plants”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

sessile (not comparable)

(zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

(botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Synonyms

• (not free to move): attached, fixed, immobile

Antonyms

• (not free to move): mobile

Anagrams

• lessies

Source: Wiktionary

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Ses"sile, a. Etym: [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]

1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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