Defenition of the word sessile

• Defenition of the word sessile

  • (biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants"
  • (biology) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
  • attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
  • permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants"
  • attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
  • permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about

Synonyms for the word sessile

• • attached
  • stalkless

Antonyms for the word sessile

• • pedunculate
  • stalked
  • vagile

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