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Definition of: sessile
(ses′il) adjective
1. Bot. Attached by its base, without a stalk, as a leaf.
2. Zool. Fixed; sedentary; firmly or permanently attached. [<L sessilis sitting down, stunted <sessus, pp. of sedere sit]
—ses·sil′i·ty noun
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