sessile

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈsɛsʌɪl/ or /ˈsɛsɪl/

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Adjective

Positive sessile

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. (zoology) If an animal is sessile it is attached to something (such as a rock or the ground). It cannot leave what it is attached too.

   A coral is sessile, it cannot leave its reef.

   Barnacles are also sessile, they are attached to things like ships.

2. (botany) (pathology) If something is sessile it attaches directly to what it grows from. It does not have a stalk or stem.

   The species of flower was known for its sessile leaves.

   The growth on her larynx was sessile.

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  This sea anemone is sessile, it can not move around on its own
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  The leaves on this plant are sessile
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  There is a sessile polyp in this picture