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sessile (adj.)
1725, "adhering close to the surface," from Latin
sessilis
"pertaining to sitting, for sitting on," from
sessum
, past participle of
sedere
"to sit" (see
sedentary
). In botany from 1753. Meaning "sedentary" first recorded 1860.
