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单词 geniculately
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geniculatelyadv.

Brit. /dʒᵻˈnɪkjᵿlətli/, U.S. /dʒəˈnɪkjələtli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: geniculate adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < geniculate adj. + -ly suffix2, originally after classical Latin geniculātim at each joint or knot (Pliny).
Chiefly Botany.
In a geniculate manner; with or at a node or joint; with a bend or angle.
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1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ss4v Geniculately [L. geniculatim] circumvesting the internodia of the cauls.
1809 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 29 § 1163 Stem 2—3 feet high or higher, upright, round, hollow, upwards geniculately flexuose.
1930 Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12 118 At this time it looks quite different from its later stage with its spreading, geniculately bent awns.
2007 Kew Bull. 62 516/2 It has a wiry and geniculately ascending habit and an inflorescence with few racemes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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