Category:Pineal

Pi"ne*al, a. Etym: [l. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the Pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinéale.]

Defn: 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.