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pineal |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: pineal adj 1: relating to the pineal body; "pineal hormone" 2: having the form of a pine cone
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