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Definitions of sessile
  1. adjective
    attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
    "sessile flowers" "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"

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  2. adjective
    permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
    "sessile marine animals and plants"
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Examples of sessile
  • "sessile flowers"
  • "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
  • "sessile marine animals and plants"
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