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English

Etymology

From Neo-Latin sessilis, literally sitting, from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedēre, sit, + adjective suffix -ilis. Note: similar etymology as session.

Adjective

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Wikipedia sessile (not comparable)

Positive sessile

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"
  2. (botany) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; "a sessile leaf"

Italian

Adjective

sessile m and f (m and f plural sessili)

  1. (botany, zoology) sessile

 

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