immotileadj.
/ɪˈməʊtɪl//ɪˈməʊtʌɪl/ Not motile; incapable of movement.
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immobilec1340
moveless1578
motionless1598
immotive1628
dead1647
signless1843
immotile1872
1872 H. C. Wood Contrib. Hist. Freshwater Algæ 213 Propagation by means of three immotile organs, generally placed upon distinct plants.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 789 The lateral leaflets of Desmodium gyrans are..immotile when the temperature of the air is below 22° C.
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