a. Zool. and Bot. [ad. mod.L. subsessilis: see SUB- 20 c.] Not truly sessile; almost sessile.
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. iv. (1765), 174. Verticillus, a Whorl, expresses a Number of Flowers that are subsessile.
1777. S. Robson, Brit. Flora, 104. Snow Saxifrage. Leaves obovate, crenate, subsessile.
1856. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 374. Abdomen subsessile, conico-acuminate.
