What does sessile mean?
Definitions for sessile
ˈsɛs ɪl, -aɪlses·sile
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Princeton's WordNet
sessileadjective
permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
"sessile marine animals and plants"
sessile, stalklessadjective
attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
"sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
Wiktionary
sessileadjective
permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; an attached oyster
sessileadjective
attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
Etymology: From sessilis, from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedere, + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.
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sessile
Sessile refers to an organism or biological structure that is directly attached to or grows from a surface or substrate, without a stalk or an intervening body. This can refer to plants and animals that do not move or are not able to move from one place to another, such as barnacles, corals, or certain types of fungi or algae, or to specific structures like the polyp stage of certain coelenterates. In botany, it can also refer to leaves or flowers that do not have a petiole or pedicel, respectively.
Webster Dictionary
Sessileadjective
attached without any sensible projecting support
Sessileadjective
resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom
Sessileadjective
permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached
Etymology: [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]
Entomology
Sessile
closely seated: the abdomen, when it is closely attached for nearly or quite its full width to the thorax.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sessile in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sessile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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- sèssilCatalan, Valencian
- siddendeDanish
- SessileGerman
- άμισχοςGreek
- sésilSpanish
- نشستهPersian
- kannattomatFinnish
- sessileFrench
- बिना डंठल काHindi
- sessileItalian
- ניתוקHebrew
- fastsittendeNorwegian
- siedzącyPolish
- SéssilPortuguese
- sesilRomanian
- sessil, fastsittandeSwedish
- ஒட்டிவாழ்பவைTamil
- sapsızTurkish
- СидячийUkrainian
- 無柄Chinese
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