geniculate
(adjective) bent at a sharp angle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
geniculate (not comparable)
(anatomy, botany) Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee.
Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle.
(anatomy) Relating to a geniculate nucleus
geniculate (third-person singular simple present geniculates, present participle geniculating, simple past and past participle geniculated)
(obsolete, rare, transitive) To form joints or knots on.
Source: Wiktionary
Ge*nic"u*late, a. Etym: [L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee.]
Definition: Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.
Ge*nic"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geniculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Geniculating.]
Definition: To form joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
