Hyphenation of sessile

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sessile? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ses-sile

Definitions of sessile:

1.	Permanently attached to a substrate Not free to move about Sessile marine animals and plants
2.	Attached directly by the base Not having an intervening stalk Sessile flowers The shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate

Synonyms of sessile:

adj	sessile, attached
adj	sessile, stalkless

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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