Geniculum, genículi, neut. gen. pe. cor. Diminutiuum. A litle knee.Genicula. Plin. The ioints of a straw, or stalke of an hearbe,
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
gĕnĭcŭlum, i, n.dim. [genu], a little knee, a knee.I.Lit. (ante- and postclass.): pueris in geniculis alligare serperastra, Varr. L. L. 9, 11 Müll.: de geniculis adorare, Tert. Cor. Mil. 3: dissolutio geniculorum, Vulg. Nah. 2, 10.—II.Transf., a knot or joint on the stalk of a plant, Plin. 26, 11, 71, 117; 18, 7, 10, 56.