SESSILE


Meaning of SESSILE in English

adj. 1 Bot. & Zool. (of a flower, leaf, eye, etc.) attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle. 2 fixed in one position; immobile. sessile oak = DURMAST.

[ L sessilis f. sedere sess- sit ]

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