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sessile
adjective
attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
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adjective
attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
“sessile flowers”
adjective
permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
“sessile marine animals and plants”
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sessile flowers
the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate
sessile marine animals and plants
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