sessile

English

adj
Definitions
  • (zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
  • (botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sed-

Gloss

sit

Concept
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Kanji

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