2. The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

||GÈ`nie (?), n. [F.] See Genius.

||Ge"ni*o (?), n. [It. See Genius.] A man of a particular turn of mind.

||[R.] Tatler.

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.

Gen"i*pap (?), n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa

Americana) of the order RubiaceÊ. It is oval in shape, as a large as a

small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice.

||Ge*nis"ta (?), n. [L., broom.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the

||common broom of Western Europe.

Gen"i*tal (?), a. [L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F.

gÈnital. 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 M¸llerian ducts and giving rise to parts

of the urogenital passages in both sexes.

Gen"i*tals (?), n. pl. [From Genital, a.: cf. L. genitalia.] The organs

of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.

Gen"i*ting (?), n. [See Jenneting.] A species of apple that ripens very

early. Bacon.

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.

Gen"i*tive (?), a. [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf.

F. gÈnitif. 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.

Gen"i*tive, n. (Gram.) The genitive case.

Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative

absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

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.

Gen"i*tor (?), n. [L.] 1. One who begets; a generator; an originator.

Sheldon.

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