Relating to the knee or a knee-like joint; shaped like or functioning as a hinge or bend.
From Latin 'geniculum' (small knee, diminutive of 'genu' meaning knee) plus English suffix '-ar.' The Latin root preserves the anatomical term for knee structures, used in both anatomy and botany.
Your knee is so important that Latin has a special diminutive for it—'geniculum' means 'little knee,' and scientists use this term for any bent joint in biology, from knee joints to bends in plant stems!
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