Geniculate
(Ge*nic"u*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geniculated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Geniculating.] To form
joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram.
Geniculated
(Ge*nic"u*la`ted) a. Same as Geniculate.
Geniculation
(Ge*nic`u*la"tion) n. [L. geniculatio a kneeling.]
1. The act of kneeling. [R.] Bp. Hall.
2. The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.
Génie
(||Gé`nie) n. [F.] See Genius.
Genio
(||Ge"ni*o) n. [It. See Genius.] A man of a particular turn of mind. [R.] Tatler.
Geniohyoid
(Ge`ni*o*hy"oid) a. [Gr. the chin + E. hyoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin and
hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.
Genipap
(Gen"i*pap) n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order
Rubiaceæ. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple
juice.
Genista
(||Ge*nis"ta) n. [L., broom.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western
Europe.
Genital
(Gen"i*tal) a. [L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. génital. See Gender.] Pertaining
to generation, or to the generative organs.
Genital cord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and Müllerian
ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.
Genitals
(Gen"i*tals) n. pl. [From Genital, a.: cf. L. genitalia.] The organs of generation; the sexual
organs; the private parts.
Geniting
(Gen"i*ting) n. [See Jenneting.] A species of apple that ripens very early. Bacon.
Genitival
(Gen`i*ti"val) a. Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a
genitival adverb. — Gen`i*ti"val*ly, adv.
Genitive
(Gen"i*tive) a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.] (Gram.)
Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or
possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
Genitive
(Gen"i*tive), n. (Gram.) The genitive case.
Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.
Genitocrural
(Gen`i*to*cru"ral) a. [Genital + crural.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the
thigh; — applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.
Genitor
(Gen"i*tor) n. [L.]
1. One who begets; a generator; an originator. Sheldon.
2. pl. The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.
Genitourinary
(Gen`i*to*u"ri*na*ry) a. [Genital + urinary.] (Anat.) See Urogenital.
