Definition of Sessile. Meaning of Sessile. Synonyms of Sessile

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Definition of Sessile

Sessile
Sessile Ses"sile, a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.] 1. Attached without any sensible projecting support. 2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.

Meaning of Sessile from wikipedia

- Ganoderma sessile is a species of polypore fungus in the Ganodermataceae family. There is taxonomic uncertainty with this fungus since its cir****scription...
- property of an animal describing its lack of a means of self-locomotion. Sessile animals for which natural motility is absent are normally immobile. This...
- Look up sessile in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about...
- A sessile serrated lesion (SSL) is a premalignant flat (or sessile) lesion of the colon, predominantly seen in the ce**** and ascending colon. SSLs are...
- Trillium sessile is a species of flowering plant in the bunchflower family Melanthiaceae. The specific epithet sessile means "attached without a distinct...
- Tapinoma sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. Their colonies are...
- tidal waters. Some 2,100 species have been described. Barnacle adults are sessile; most are suspension feeders with hard calcareous s****, but the Rhizocephala...
- the sessile oak, Cornish oak, Irish oak or durmast oak, is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak...
- that is, not completely sessile. A sessile flower is one that lacks a pedicel (flower stalk). A flower that is not sessile is pedicellate. For example...
- by several common names, including sissoo spinach, Brazilian spinach, sessile joyweed, dwarf copperleaf. It is cultivated as a vegetable worldwide. The...