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Meaning of word sessile from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
sessile adjective
Meaning : Permanently attached to a substrate. Not free to move about.
Example :
Sessile marine animals and plants.
Meaning : Attached directly by the base. Not having an intervening stalk.
Example :
Sessile flowers.
The shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate.
Synonyms : stalkless
Having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk.
A pedunculate flower.A pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk.
pedunculate, stalked
