sessile
/ˈsɛsɪl/
adjective
- Attached directly by the base, without a stem or stalk.
- In the forest, we found a mushroom with a sessile cap that had no visible stem.
- The botanist explained that sessile flowers are those that sit directly on the main branch.
- The sessile leaves of the plant grow right from the stem without any leafstalk.
- Permanently attached to a surface and not able to move freely.
- Barnacles are sessile creatures that spend their adult lives stuck to rocks or ship hulls.
- Coral reefs are built by sessile animals called polyps that stay fixed in one place.
- Unlike fish, sponges are sessile and filter food from the water without moving.