sessile

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sessile Definition

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

sessile Synonyms

• attached
• sessile
• stalkless