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sessile

/'sɛsɪl/

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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

Opposite:

pedunculate
adjective
permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
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"sessile marine animals and plants"
Opposite:

vagile

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