Thesaurus: pineal

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
2. adj. relating to the pineal body
3. adj. having the form of a pine cone
4. 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.
5. Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. Pinealgland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle ofthe vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis,conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, theso-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be theremnant of a dorsal median eye.
6. j:100 a. relating to the pineal body s. having the form of a pine cone