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
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.
• (not free to move): attached, fixed, immobile
• (not free to move): mobile
• lessies
Source: Wiktionary
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
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
