sessile
Adjective
- Attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle; permanently attached.
- permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about
- "sessile marine animals and plants"
- attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
- "sessile flowers"
- "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
Adj
- Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
- Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.
Examples
- a sessile oyster
- His defensive strategy was sessile, blocking all attempts to expand her Scrabble board position.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.
Synonyms
stalkless, attached, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless, rigid, sessile, static, stationary, stuck, unmovable, unmoveable
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
sessile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsessile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sessile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary