sessile
pronunciation
How to pronounce sessile in British English:
UK ['sesaɪl]
How to pronounce sessile in American English:
US ['sesəl]
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- Adjective:
- permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
- attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
Word Origin
- sessile (adj.)
- 1725, "adhering close to the surface," from Latin sessilis "pertaining to sitting, for sitting on," from sessum, past participle of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). In botany from 1753. Meaning "sedentary" first recorded 1860.
Example
- 1. Leaves petiolate or sessile ; leaf blade entire .
- 2. Leaves sessile or subsessile , base sometimes slightly clasping .
- 3. Plants white tomentose ; leaflets of radical leaves sessile .
- 4. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework ; usually occurs in sessile colonies .
- 5. Stem leaves alternate , short petiolate or sessile .