Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pineal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus
of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin['e]ale.]
Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
{Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the
third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also
{pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it
is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal
eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant
of a dorsal median eye.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pineal
adj 1: relating to the pineal body; "pineal hormone"
2: having the form of a pine cone
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