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▪ I. geniculate, a. Nat. Hist.|dʒɪˈnɪkjʊlət|
[ad. L. geniculātus, f. geniculum: see genicle.]
Having knots or joints like a knee; bent like a knee; knee-jointed; knotty. geniculate body (= L. corpus geniculatum): each of two knee-shaped structures near the optic thalami at the base of the brain. geniculate ganglion: ‘a small, reddish, triangular ganglion, at the genu of the optic nerve’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. §3. 75 A scarlet flower..with a geniculate stalk. 1805J. Galpine Brit. Bot. (1806) 26 Cal. lanceolate; cor. awned at the base: awn geniculate. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 297 Antennæ..geniculate, and inserted on the proboscis. 1856Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 38 The optic tracts are connected with the optic thalami chiefly through the geniculate bodies. 1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §124. 153 The threads become geniculate, and unite at the two bends. 1875Blake Zool. 308 The posterior [antennæ] are geniculate and pediform.
Hence geˈniculately adv., in a geniculate manner.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 314 Geniculately circumvesting the internodia of the cauls.
▪ II. geniculate, v.|dʒɪˈnɪkjʊleɪt|
[f. L. geniculāt-, ppl. stem of geniculāre to bend the knee, f. geniculum: see genicle.]
trans. and intr. To bend like a knee; to form or be formed into joints.
1623Cockeram, Geniculate, to ioynt. In mod. Dicts.
Hence geˈniculating ppl. a.
1852Dana Crust. ii. 1040 The right male antenna alone of the first pair with a geniculating joint. |