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sessile |
Grep of noun sessile sessile polyp sessile trillium trillium sessile Overview of adj sessile The adj sessile has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sessile, attached -- ((biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants") 2. sessile, stalkless -- ((biology) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate") Antonyms of adj sessile 2 senses of sessile Sense 1 sessile (vs. vagile), attached vagile (vs. sessile) => free-swimming, unattached Sense 2 sessile (vs. pedunculate), stalkless pedunculate (vs. sessile), stalked Similarity of adj sessile 2 senses of sessile Sense 1 sessile (vs. vagile), attached Sense 2 sessile (vs. pedunculate), stalkless Attributes of adj sessile Familiarity of adj sessile sessile used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj sessile sessile Overview of adj sessile The adj sessile has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sessile, attached -- ((biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about "an attached oyster"; "sessile marine animals and plants") 2. sessile, stalkless -- ((biology) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate")
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