English Dictionary

sessile

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɛsʌɪl/

形容詞

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(zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. / (botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

日本語の意味

（動物学）固定着生の：基盤に恒常的に付着していて、自由に動くことができない。 / （植物学）付着性の：基部に直接付着しており、茎が介在しない（茎がない、茎のない）。

The marine biologist studied a colony of sessile barnacles clinging to the pier pilings.

海洋生物学者は桟橋の柱に固着したフジツボの群落を研究した。

意味（1）

(zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

a sessile oyster

意味（2）

(botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]