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    geniculate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective geniculate has 1 sense
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geniculate, a. [L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee.]. 
                                            
                                         Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    geniculate, v. t. 
                                            
                                         To form joints or knots on.                                         Cockeram.                                         [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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