Look up: Sessile

1. Sessile
   Immobile because of an attachment to a substratum
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2. Sessile
   a condition where the organism is permanently attached to the substrate or stationary.
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3. Sessile
   permanently attached or stationary.
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4. Sessile
   Animal that is attached to an object or is fixed in place (eg. barnacles), or a leaf lacking a petiole or a flower or fruit lacking a pedicel.
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5. sessile
   [adj] - (biology) permanently attached to a substrate 2. [adj] - (biology) attached directly by the base
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6. Sessile
   Stalkless or apparently so.
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7. Sessile
   Lacking a stalk, such as a leaf or flower with no obvious stalk.
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8. sessile
   attached directly by the base, denoting a tumour without penduncle or stalk; 2)in zoology, attached so that it is not possible to move about Category: Medicine
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9. Sessile
   Ses'sile adjective [ Latin sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere , sessum , to sit: confer French sessile .] 1. Attached without any sensible projecting support. 2. (Botany) Resting directly upon the main ...
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10. sessile
    Attached by a base rather than a stalk, a sessile lesion adheres closely to the surface (mucosa). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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11. sessile
    stalkless 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`
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12. sessile
    (ses´il) not pedunculated; attached by a broad base.
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13. Sessile
    • (a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. • (a.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached. • (a.) Attached without any sensible projecting support.
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14. sessile
    not stalked, attached directly to the thallus surface (usually of apothecia).
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15. Sessile
    an organism that does not move, but stays attached to one place on the sea floor, such as a mussel or a sea fan. As planktonic larvae, these animals float with the currents until they reach a suitable spot to settle onto the sea floor. See motile.
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16. sessile
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ses′il Definitions: 1. Having a broad base of attachment; not pedunculated.
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17. sessile
    In botany, describing a leaf, flower, or fruit that lacks a stalk and sits directly on the stem, as with the sessile acorns of certain oaks. In zoology, it is an animal that normally stays in the same place, such as a barnacle or mussel. The term is also applied to the eyes of crustaceans when these lack stalks and sit directly on the head
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18. sessile
    (L: sedere to sit) fixed, not mobile. Sessile animals include barnacles and corals.
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19. Sessile
    Without a petiole or leaf-stalk, that is, the blade is attached directly to the stem.
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20. Sessile
    Permanently attached; not freely moving.
    Found on http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/glo