sessile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Neo-Latin sessilis, literally sitting, from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedēre, sit, + adjective suffix -ilis. Note: similar etymology as session.

[edit] Adjective

Wikipedia sessile (not comparable)

1. (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"
2. (botany) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "a sessile leaf"

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

sessile m and f (m and f plural sessili)

1. (botany, zoology) sessile