sessile
adjective
biologyspecializeduk/ˈses.aɪl/us/ˈses.əl/used to refer to aleaforflowerthat has nostemofitsown but isattacheddirectlyto themainstemof theplant, or to refer to aplantortreethat has suchleavesorflowers:
Thespikebearsclustersof sessileflowers.
The sessileoakis so called becauseitsacornsarecarrieddirectlyon theoutertwigs.
used to refer toorganismsthat arepermanentlyattachedto oneplaceand cannotmovearound:
Seaottersfeedmainlyon sessile or very slow-movinginvertebrates.
sessilesponges固着海绵动物
Compare
sedentaryspecialized
- Sessileleavesattachdirectlyto thestem.
- Theleaveshaddistinctshortstalks, acluethat it was a sessileoak.
- Most sessileinvertebrateswillsoonstarttocolonizetheaquariumunder therightconditions.
- Becausewalrusesfeedon sessilebottommolluscs, they do notrequiretheacutevisionof other pinnipeds forcapturingmovingprey.
Parts of plants
- bilobed
- blade
- bough
- bulb
- calyx
- caning
- cascara sagrada
- endodermis
- needle
- outgrowth
- plumule
- rhizome
- simple leaf
- spine
- trunk
- variegated
- variegation
- vascular
- veined
- vesicle
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