sessilis

sessĭlis, e, adj. [sedeo].

I.

Of or be longing to sitting, fit for sitting upon (only in the poets and in post-Aug. prose):

tergum (equi),

Ov. M. 12, 401:

obba,

i. e. with a broad foot, Pers. 5, 148; so,

pira minimo pe diculo,

Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.—Hence,

II.

Transf., of plants, low, dwarf:

genus lactucae,

growing low, spreading, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125; Mart. 3, 47, 8 (for which:

sedens lactuca,

id. 10, 48, 9 ):

folium (brassicae),

Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140:

malvae,

Pall. Oct. 11, 3.