"sessile" in the adjective sense
1. sessile
permanently attached to a substrate not free to move about
"sessile marine animals and plants"
2. sessile, stalkless
attached directly by the base not having an intervening stalk
"sessile flowers"
"the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate"
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