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sessile

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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

permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
- sessile marine animals and plants

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Antonyms:
pedunculate stalked vagile

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "sessile":
sessile secale seseli
Words contain "sessile":
sessile sessile polyp sessile trillium trillium sessile
Words contain "sessile" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
sessile stalkless sessile trillium toadshade trillium sessile anthozoan actinozoan genus gleichenia gleichenia prairie wake-robin more...

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