Associations to the word «Sessile»
Noun
- Ash
- Lifestyle
- Pore
- Reptile
- Lesion
- Tube
- Swimming
- Above
- Below
- Surface
- Bud
- Habitat
- Coloni
- Worm
- Equilibrium
- Ecology
- Species
- Insect
- Fungus
- Nicole
- Long
- Upper
- Cone
- Base
- Tip
- Mushroom
- Tension
- Small
- Contact
- Adult
- Spike
- Measurement
- Shape
- Bacterium
- Fruit
- Sub
- Egg
- Genus
- Pair
- Shell
- Behavior
- Plant
- Nut
- Tree
- Yellow
- Pine
- Configuration
- Hormone
- Slope
- Tumor
- Probe
- Bubble
- Patch
- Reproduction
- Diversity
- Forest
Adjective
Wiktionary
SESSILE, adjective. (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; “an attached oyster”
SESSILE, adjective. (botany) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
SESSILE BELLWORT, noun. A plant of the species Uvularia sessilifolia, native to eastern North America.
SESSILE OAK, noun. A large, deciduous tree, Quercus petraea.
Dictionary definition
SESSILE, adjective. Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "sessile marine animals and plants".
SESSILE, adjective. Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.