ses·sile /ˈsɛˌsaɪl, səl/
(a.)無柄的,固著的
ses·sile /ˈsɛsaɪl, əl/ 形容詞
(拉sessilis)無柄的,無腹柄的,固著的,無柄的,座生的,無蒂的,固定的
Ses·sile a.
1. Attached without any sensible projecting support.
2. Bot. Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
3. Zool. Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
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sessile
adj 1: permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about;
"an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and
plants" [syn: attached] [ant: vagile]
2: attached directly by the base; not having an intervening
stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle
is attached directly to a substrate" [syn: stalkless]
[ant: pedunculate]