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Found 1 definition: pineal.

Pos: Adjective

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Adjective pineal has 2 senses

1. pineal(a = adj.pert) - relating to the pineal body; "pineal hormone"

2. pineal(s = adj.all) - having the form of a pine cone;

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

pineal, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinéale.].

Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. [1913 Webster]

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.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

pineal, adj. shaped like a pine cone.

Idiom:
pineal body (or gland) a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle of the brain, secreting a hormone-like substance in some mammals.

Etymology:
F pin{eacute}al f. L pinea pine cone: see PINE(1)

[RELATED WORDS]

pineal body, pineal eye, pineal gland