immotile, a.
(ɪˈməʊtɪl, -aɪl)
[f. im-2 + motile: cf. immote ppl. a.]
Not motile; incapable of movement.
| 1872 H. C. Wood in Smithsonian Cont. to Knowl. (1874) XIX. 213 Propagation by means of three immotile organs, generally placed upon distinct plants. 1875 Bennett & Dyer Sach's Bot. 789 The lateral leaflets of Desmodium gyrans are..immotile when the temperature of the air is below 22° C. |