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sessile definition

ses·sile (ses′il, -īl′)

adjective

  1. Biol.
    1. attached directly by its base
    2. permanently fixed; immobile
  2. Bot. having no pedicel or peduncle; attached directly to the main stem, as the flower and leaves of a trillium plant

Etymology: L sessilis < sessus, pp. of sedere, to sit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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