Geniculate
Geniculate , adjective
[Latin geniculatus, from 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.
Geniculate , transitive verb
To form joints or knots on. [Rare] — Cockeram