Bible Dictionaries
Sessile
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Permanently attached; - said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
(2):
(a.) Attached without any sensible projecting support.
(3):
(a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sessile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sessile.html. 1828.