geniculate

[ juh-nik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. having kneelike joints or bends.
2. bent at a joint like a knee.

geniculate

/ dʒɪˈnɪkjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. biology bent at a sharp angle

   geniculate antennae

2. having a joint or joints capable of bending sharply

Derived Forms

• geˈniculately, adverb
• geˌnicuˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• ge·nicu·late·ly adverb
• subge·nicu·late adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of geniculate¹

1660–70; < Latin geniculātus knotted, equivalent to genicul ( um ) small knee; knot ( gen ( u ) knee + -i- -i- + -culum -cule ¹ ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of geniculate¹

C17: from Latin geniculātus jointed, from geniculum a little knee, small joint, from genu knee

Example Sentences

Elaters simple or branched, often geniculate, more or less heteromorphous, the fibres wanting or indistinct.

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The filament is generally continuous from one end to the other, but in some cases it is bent or jointed, becoming geniculate; at other times, as in the pellitory, it is spiral.

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From this geniculate body a number of neurones extend to the pallial portion of the cerebrum, for in the reptilian brain the pallium is present.

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This grass is an annual with stems ascending from a prostrate or geniculate, rooting branched base, greenish or purplish, glabrous and varying in length from 1 to 2-1/2 feet.

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Scape: the long basal joint of a geniculate antenna in Coleoptera; usually applied to the three basal joints, as in Hymenoptera.

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