What is resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom called?
sessile — (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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