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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sessile /ˈsɛsʌɪl, ˈsɛsɪl/

▶adjective Biology

1 (of an organism) fixed in one place; immobile.

2 (of a structure) attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle.

– origin C18: from L. sessilis, from sess-, sedere ‘sit’.

'sessile' also found in these Oxford entries:

durmast oak - sedentary - sessile oak - session - stalk

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