What does "sessile" mean?
Sessile: (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
Additional senses
- 2.(Zoöl.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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