Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sessile
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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sessile
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(1):
(a.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
(2):
(a.) Attached without any sensible projecting support.
(3):
(a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.