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.