2 entries under this word

Geniculate

Ge-nĭc'ū-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. GENICULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. GENICULATING.] [See infra.] To form joints or knots on. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Ge-nĭc'ū-late or Ge-nĭc'ū-lā'ted, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. geniculatus, from geniculum, a little knee, a knot or joint, diminutive of genu, knee; It. genicolato, Fr. géniculé. (Bot.) Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee; as, a geniculate stem. Gray.