What is the meaning of sessile?

adjective

  • Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
    • usage: "sessile marine animals and plants"
  • Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
    • usage: "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
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