geniculate

An obsolete adjective meaning having kneelike joints or bends; used historically in anatomy and botany.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее имеющее коленообразные суставы или изгибы; использовалось исторически в анатомии и ботанике.

1. Bent at a sharp angle C2 formal

   Having a sharp bend or joint, resembling a knee.

   • The geniculate antennae of the beetle are a key identifying feature.
   • The plant stem was geniculate, bending sharply at the node.
   • In anatomy, the geniculate ganglion is a nerve bundle with a sharp bend.

   🇷🇺Коленчатый

   Синонимы: angledbentcrookedhookedjointed

   Антонимы: straight

• more geniculate comparative form
• most geniculate superlative form