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sessile meaning and definition

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SESSILE adjective

Definition of sessile (adjective)

  1. permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
    • "sessile marine animals and plants"
    • antonym: vagile
  2. attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
    • "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
    • synonyms: stalkless
    • antonym: pedunculate
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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