Sessile Definition

sessile
adjective
  1. permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants"
  2. 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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