[L. sedere, to sit] Attached; not free to move about.

1725, "adhering close to the surface," from Latin sessilis "pertaining to sitting, for sitting on," from sessum, past participle of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). In bo [..]

permanently attached, not able to move freely.

a leaf that is attached directly to a stem; a petiole is absent in this type of leaf

Without a stalk. Sepal

Having a flower or leaf born directly on the stem or peduncle rather than on an elongated stalk. Cf.

leaves or flowers connected with the stem without footstalks. Simple Leaf

Leaf or flower that attaches directly to the stem.

Stalkless and attached directly at the base, as in sessile leaves.

attached; non-mobile.

Attached or fastened, incapable of moving from place to place; attached directly without a stem.

Bottom-dwelling and generally incapable of locomotion. sessile

1. An organism that is attached to a substrate, like a sea anemone. 2. Meaning to be attached by a broad base such as a lesion. To describe about the organism that is not separate from substrate.

without a stalk, e.g. of a leaf without a petiole. Fig. 4 D.

Animal attached to the substratum. Plant structures lacking a stalk.

(L: sedere= to sit) fixed, not mobile. Sessile animals include barnacles and corals.

without a stem; attached directly to the substrate Setae

botany - stalkless leaves attached at the base; zoology - permanently attached or fixed

attached or stationary, as opposed to free-living or motile.

without a stalk-like base (used for base of metasoma, opposite of petiolate). seta

quality of being attached to one spot; not free-moving. sexual reproduction

[Attachment] -- Without a stalk.

(adj) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about(adj) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk

an organism that does not move, but stays attached to one place on the sea floor, such as a mussel or a sea fan. As planktonic larvae, these animals float with the currents until they reach a suitable [..]

non-motile; permanently attached at the base. Attached to substratum and moving little or not at all. Synapomorphy of the Anthozoa

Immobile because of an attachment to a substratum

Describing fruits which are not borne on a stalk.

permanently attached to the substrate and not free to move about (e.g. barnacles).

Stalkless or apparently so. Often used to describe how a leaf or fruit is attached to a plant stem.

Without a stalk.

Attached or fastened; incapable of moving from place to place.

, attached or fastened, incapable of moving from place to place (Borror et al.); attached directly without a stem or petiole, e.g., in Symphyta (Hymenoptera), having the abdomen broadly attached for n [..]

an organism that remains largely in on place and is not free-moving

animal that is attached to an object or is fixed in place (e.g. various homopterans such as whiteflies and scales; barnacles), also petioleless leaves and pedicelless fruits

Directly attached without a stem or stalk.

Attached to the substrate.

Aquatic micro-organisms adhering to a surface normally as part of a biofilm.

Aquatic micro-organisms adhering to a surface normally as part of a biofilm.

An organism that is immobile because it is attached to a hard surface, such as oysters, sea squirts and barnacles.

Stalkless and attached directly at the base, as in sessile leaves.

Attached directly to a base without a flexible joint; used when describing parts of organisms, such as leaves or flowers.

describes an organism that remains attached to a surface for its entire life and does not move

(1) Not stalked. (2) Attached to a substrate. Permanently fixed or unable to move.