The Clue
Permanently attached, as a barnacle (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SESSILE
Tags
Notes
The answer SESSILE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Attached, in botany
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Like a trillium's leaves
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Permanently attached, in zoology
Definition
SESSILE as an adjective:
1. (sessile, attached) = permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; "an attached oyster"; "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"