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sessile

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛsaɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeilsssStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk

Word origin

From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

Used in a sentence

  • a sessile oyster
  • The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
  • The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]

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