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sessile
/'sɛsɪl/
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sessile
adjective
attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
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"sessile flowers"
"the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
Similar:
stalkless
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pedunculate
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adjective
permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
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"sessile marine animals and plants"
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vagile
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stalkless
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