Sessile

Origin

From New Latin sessīlis ("sitting"), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedēre ("sit"), + adjective suffix -īlis. Compare session.

Full definition of sessile

Adjective

1. (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; “an attached oyster”
2. (botany) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|5The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk..., and is sessile on the calyptra base...

Derived terms

• subsessile

Synonyms

• (not free to move) attached, fixed, immobile

Antonyms

• (not free to move) mobile

Anagrams

• lessies