(1) Bent like a knee. SYN: geniculated, kneed. (2) Referring to the geniculum of the facial nerve, denoting the ganglion there present. (3) Denoting the lateral or medial geniculate body. (4) In fungi, describes a zigzag conidophore or conidiogenous cells that usually results from sympodial development. [L. geniculo, pp. -atus, to bend the knee, fr. genu, knee]
